Bone Singer

Three humans emerge from the ruins. Between circus, puppetry and visual theatre, they celebrate life in the face of destruction. Around them, bones come back to life in joyful exuberance. Death looms, but is met with a defiant laugh. The show unfolds as a succession of physical and visual tableaux — like “bubbles of humanity” in which everyone can see themselves reflected. Poetic, non-narrative scenes that awaken forgotten archetypes and question our relationship to the living world. It is about poetry as an act of resistance against the destruction of the world around us.

Direction: José Babin
Creation: Saku Mäkelä, Riia Kivimäki, José Babin
Performers:
Riia Kivimäki (acrobat/dancer)
Saku Mäkelä (acrobat/dancer)
Kristina Troske (puppeteer)
Senni Eskelinen (musician)

Puppet design: Maïa Bélenger-Ménard
Music: Guido Del Fabbro and Senni Eskelinen
Photos: Eveliina Lappi

Additional designers to be announced.