There is a chance to see a play of Theatre NO99 with a simultaneous translation into the English language. This one time event will take place on November 3rd. The play has received several awards in Estonia (the best play of the season by Estonian theatre critics) and abroad.

Wiener Festwochen wrote about the play:
Detached and ironic in equal measure, Joseph Beuys celebrated a ritual of “explaining art” in his famous, almost mute performance/happening of 1965, How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare.

In today’s crisis-riddled Estonia, the young ensemble of Theatre NO99 is beyond the ability to explain – rather, their extraordinary stage performance publicises the idea that there must be art, even if there is no money for it.

This is bound to ruffle some feathers; after all, the surname of the Estonian Minister of Cultural Affairs translates as “hare”, and she must explain her compatriots why less and less money is available for culture.

However, directors Tiit Ojasoo and Ene-Liis Semper have repeatedly affirmed that the character in the play making proclamations on cultural policy (and who also is female) was not inspired by the real-life Minister, and that the actors’ sallies against her are not to be taken personally – after all, artists always struggle for funding to be able to work.

This fast-paced sequence of improvisations, video recordings, artistic actions and drama is an impassioned discourse on political will and artistic yearning and at the same time a divine moment for Beuys’ concept of art, whose core message – universal creativity – should spill over into all aspects of reality, and thus also to Festwochen audiences.

Trailer of the play (in Estonian): http://vimeo.com/4214542

The play will take place on Nov 3rd in Theatre NO99 (Sakala 3, Tallinn).
Ticket price: 225 EEK (14,38 €) | 170 EEK (10,86 €) ITIC/ISIC/students/teachers/pensioners
Tickets can be booked via e-mail katre@no99.ee