Venue: Folkteatern
Time: 1 October  17.00-17.55
2 October 21.00- 21.55
Recommended age: 7+
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A poignant solo exploring isolation, a fractured world, and a mind on the brink of collapse.

Deep within an existential basement dwells a solitary figure. Here, dreams flicker and fade, while sleepless nights are haunted by intrusive thoughts. Memories carve treacherous grooves into the floorboards, and the radio burbles an endless stream of absurdly threatening news.

This tragicomic production weaves seamlessly together eloquent movement, rich visual metaphors and immersive soundscapes. Melding a timeless aesthetic with urgent contemporary themes, The Basement delivers a haunting portrait of humanity drowning in information while destroying its own habitat.

“A truly harrowing physical-spatial portrait of the modern world
with its absurdly threatening twists and turns,
that are increasingly hard to keep up with.”
– Voima

“The Basement feels more timely the more I think about it.
I too would like to shut the door, the windows and my own ears,
when all I can hear outside is storms, war, misery and horror.”
– Kujerruksia

“Honkakoski’s movement is a pleasure to watch.
It is fluid, strong and intelligent.”
– T-efekti

CREDITS
Directing, Performing, Costume: Kauri Honkakoski
Lighting & Set Design, Text: Sisu Nojonen
Sound Design: Tuuli Kyttälä
Photos: Laura Vuoma
Supported by: Arts Promotion Centre Finland, City of Helsinki, Finnish Cultural Foundation

(SV)
THE BASEMENT är en gripande soloföreställning om isolering, en omvälvande omvärld och ett sinne som håller på att bryta samman.

I den existentiella källaren bor en ensam gestalt. Drömmar flyger förbi. Sömnlösa stunder plågas av tvångstankar. Radion brusar med absurt hotfulla nyheter.

En tragikomisk föreställning som väver samman precisa rörelser, visuell symbolik och stämningsfull ljuddesign. Skapad i en tidlös stil med teman som bottnar i vår tid, är detta ett gripande porträtt av en människa som lever i ett överflöd av nyheter som förintar tillvaron.

Kauri Honkakoski Company is an award-winning physical theatre ensemble from Finland. Renowned for their exquisitely intense productions, the company interweaves rich physical expression, immersive soundscapes and striking visual design. Through its captivating productions, the group has carved out a highly recognizable artistic voice, successfully bringing mime-based physical theatre to the attention of a wider audience. Based in Helsinki, the company creates and tours new work internationally.

Founded in 2015, the company is best known for the critically acclaimed Hinterland (2023) and the hugely popular The Desk (2017, 2024), which won the prestigious Fringe First Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The core creative team consists of sound designer Tuuli Kyttälä, lighting and set designer Sisu Nojonen, and artistic director Kauri Honkakoski, alongside an international ensemble of physical theatre performers.

Driving the company’s artistic vision is Kauri Honkakoski (they/them), who trained in Corporeal Mime with Theatre de L’Ange Fou in London. Drawing from this profound, embodied language, Honkakoski strives to give a physical form to the invisible, deep, and shared parts of our humanity — the parts that escape words.

Website: www.kaurihonkakoskicompany.com
Instagram handle: @kauri.honkakoski
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