Them
Icelandic translation coming soon...
Next performances of Them at Teater Viirus in Helsinki 10 to 14 October 2017
Them is a documentary theatre performance focusing on the contemporary male experience, performed by three female actresses.
Based on interviews gathered around the Western world, Them explores how the changing image of a man and the variety of masculinities affect the male identity. As feminist women, we want to reach out for our brothers, husbands, fathers, friends and enemies and present the struggles they are facing through our bodies and voices. We want to shine light on the dark aspects of manhood through empathy and understanding.
Bus boner
committing a suicide
becoming a father
using his cast as a weapon
indulging in looking at women before he's blind
being invisible in his suit
running for his life only to eat skyr and blueberries one more time
Them. Dem. He.
Research & Development performances:
24.6.2017 Mikró festival – Höfn, Iceland
6.10.2017 Feminist Association Unioni – Helsinki, Finland
10–14.10.2017 Teater Viirus – Helsinki, Finland
Final Premier:
2018 – Finland/Iceland
ARTISTIC TEAM
Sound Design
Kristian Pernilä
Set Design
Hallveig Kristin Eiriksdottir
Art Direction
Louis Crevier
Help and Support
Eva Solveig
Brought to you by
Nordisk Kulturkontakt
Director
Anna Korolainen
Co-director
Bergdis Julia Johannsdottir
Dramaturge
Minerva Pietilä
Actresses
Bergdis Julia Johannsdottir
Anna Korolainen
Marjo Lahti
“Erm...I would say I’m confident. Yeah,I don’t know. I don’t think about myself, it’s hard. Maybe, confident. That’s for sure. Nice, that’s for sure. And handsome, that’s for sure. I think as myself as what should be normal. Maybe not with the confidence part but I think that I am normal and what should be a guy in his 20s, 30s.”
“My strength [scares me]
the… the realization the horrible truth that i would physically be able to end the other person’s life
physically
and actually quite easily.”
“Till my brother
Got a bit over
Uuh
What’s the word
Overconfident
And he just like pulled it back
And the mouse just went flying over our heads
Aaaand
It hit a car
So
The mouse wasn’t dead
So
We were like ‘oh shit’
His name was Speedy.”
“I mean, I used to be more rushed. I’m making up for it. I’ve become more subdued. Especially in regards to presentation. There is a…masculinity is oppressive. In reality there are many masculinities. Within society there is space for more masculinities. We should be able to come up with forms that are less toxic. Especially towards women. But a particular mode of heterosexual masculinity… that needs to be reworked. It is possible to do the work. Masculinity that is not about domination.”
The performance is supported by Nordisk Kulturkontakt, Tjarnarbió Theatre, Nordic House of Reykjavik and Feminist Association Unioni
