Ville and Jessica are running towards each other on a beach. Ville’s face looks like juggler Ville Walo.   Interaction is fictional in the solo performance.

Jessica is happy. Ville is happy. Everything is well. Small fluffy white clouds float on the sky. Jessica has a female face and a male body. Ville has a male face and a female body. Jessica’s face looks like a haircut training head.  All is perfect. Waves roll on the sand. Ville and Jessica have forgotten their past wounds. They love each other. Wind flutters their hair. Something bad must happen soon.

There’s no couple consisting of two persons on stage, and a real life relationship is not seen. Manipulation, consent and identity take the stage. The performance grasps the current discussion about the hot topics of human relationships and self-definition. The boundary between self and other is tested by acts of tenderness and violence. 

When the performer handles a lifeless doll as his partner, people see how the boundary between two individuals is drawn, crossed and dissolves. Selfhood is defined in relation to the partner, who is left with the role of a beloved, fetishized or broken imaginary being. This virtuality is reflected also in how the images of the performance have been modified using artificial intelligence. There’s always something inhumane, wrong or excessive in them.

WHS Teatteri Union
26.3.2025
18.00-18.50
Age recommendation 16+
Tickets 25/ 15€