COURTNEY MAY ROBERTSON
HUNTER – OFF RECORD!!!
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HUNTER – OFF RECORD!!! is the underground offspring of Courtney May Robertson’s award winning theater production HUNTER.

HUNTER is an interdisciplinary performance that critically examines pervasive misogynistic roles assigned to women in three key ‘Body Genres’ in Film: Pornography, Horror and Melodrama. Together with her hyper-realistic life-sized doppelgänger in doll form, Courtney May Robertson weaves a tapestry of images in which the grotesque, (sexual) perversion and emotional excess become triumphant symbols for bodily autonomy and empowerment. In this alternative universe, self-destruction is embraced as a cathartic act of self-preservation.

OFF RECORD!!! is an eclectic space where performance, installation, ritual, and experience truly merge, an ambiance that juxtaposes the aesthetics of a BDSM dungeon with the emotional resonance of an emo girl’s bedroom.

Sad. Horny. Angry. Shamelessly.

OFF RECORD!!! offers audiences a unique, visceral and intimate experience; to witness Courtney’s intricate private preparations, rituals, and aftercare with her silicone doppelgänger from up close.

Duration: 60 min
Language: without words
Age restriction: the show is not recommended for people under 18 years old.
Strobe lights are used in the production.

Performances:
Thu, 2.07 at 23.00 in Hõõg (BUY TICKET, ticket sale starts at 15th of April at 12.00)
Fri, 3.07 at 23.00 in Hõõg (BUY TICKET, ticket sale starts at 15th of April at 12.00)

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Courtney May Robertson, born in Scotland, is a performer and interdisciplinary maker based in Rotterdam. Courtney graduated from The Scottish School of Contemporary Dance in 2013 with a Bachelor of Arts - First Class Honours in Contemporary Dance Performance. Upon graduating she joined Club Guy & Roni’s Poetic Disasters Club in Groningen. Courtney has worked with a number of renowned choreographers across the Netherlands and wider Europe over the last decade.

Since 2017 Courtney has performed in multiple works of Belgian choreographer Jan Martens. In 2021 Courtney began working with Austrian choreographer Florentina Holzinger. First on Festzug, a parade for the opening of the Wiener Festwochen with musician SOAP&SKIN, and later on a large-scale theatre performance, A Divine Comedy, which premiered at Ruhrtriennale in August 2021. Courtney has also performed in works of Connor Schumacher, Maxime Dreesen and soon with Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe.

Alongside working successfully as a performer, Courtney began experimenting with creating her own work in 2015. Between 2015-2019 her small-scale / DIY produced performances were shown at various underground venues in the Netherlands. In 2019 her work entered a theatre for the first time with ‘SUB’; a research project in collaboration with Tharim Cornelisse. Since then she has created three solo works which quickly propelled her to the title of NRC’s ‘Rising Star in Dance 2025’.

Her critically acclaimed work HUNTER was awarded the ‘VSCD Mime / Performance Prize 2024’ at the Netherlands Theater Festival, listed in NRC’s ‘The 10 Best Dance Performance of 2024’ and labeled ‘Critics Choice’ in Theaterkrant.

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Concept, Direction, & Performance: Courtney May Robertson
Puppet Design: Ronald Schinkelshoek
Wig Design: Zoe Morgan
Sound Design: Puck Schot (Acidic Male)
Dramaturgy: Lara van Lookeren
Chandelier: Manuel Boutreur
Discomfort Devices: BNDSN
Technical Production: Stefan Prokop
With thanks to: Yoko Haveman, Charles Pas

MILO RAU
LA LETTRE
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Milo Rau's production for the first time in Estonia!

Swiss director and playwright Milo Rau's "LA LETTRE" premiered at the Avignon Festival in 2025. The production intertwines personal stories with theater history and social issues. On stage are two actors – Arne De Tremerie and Olga Mouak – who talk about their family roots, childhood and journey to theater. Their stories combine the personal and historical dimensions and become a kind of reflection on what shapes a person's life and the path of an artist.

Milo Rau plays with the idea that a young artist is defined as much by his roles as by his family history, and in this scenic reflection explores the experiences that subtly alter the course of our lives: generational conflicts, political events, love and death. Light and humorous, LA LETTRE presents itself as a manifesto for what popular theatre can be today. From the story of Joan of Arc to Chekhov’s The Seagull, the performance unfolds on multiple levels, in a constant shift between art and life. Even the dead return to the stage thanks to recorded voices.

Milo Rau's work has only been seen at the Baltoscandal Festival and in Estonia in general in 2022, when his film "The New Gospel" was scheduled.

Duration: 75 min
Language: French
Subtitles: Estonian/English

Performances:
Wed, 1.07 at 19.00 in Big Hall (BUY TICKET)
Thu, 2.07 at 15.30 in Big Hall (BUY TICKET)

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Milo Rau, born 1977 in Bern, is the artistic director of the Vienna Festival (Wiener Festwochen) | Free Republic of Vienna. Critics call him the "most influential" (Die Zeit), "most interesting" (De Standaard), "most controversial" (La Repubblica), "most scandalous" (New York Times) or "most ambitious" (The Guardian) artist of our time. The director and author has published over 50 plays, films, books and actions. His theatre productions have been shown at all major international festivals, including the Berlin Theatertreffen, the Festival d'Avignon, the Venice Biennale, the Vienna Festival and the Kunstenfestivaldesarts in Brussels, and have been touring in over 30 countries worldwide. From 2018 to 2024 Milo Rau was Artistic Director of NTGent (Belgium).

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“With La Lettre, Milo Rau is led to a modest form, which proves to be a true little lesson in theater, as moving as it is enjoyable, intertwining reality and imagination with simplicity and mastery.”
– Fabienne Darge, Le Monde

 “Rau seeks catharsis from ancient tragedy. And although this play is lighthearted and funny, it does not escape the dictum that the author has imposed on himself for years: ‘It is not enough to represent the world. You have to change it.’ It is up to us to dare to face pain. To represent it. To offer it. As Arne and Olga do before the audience. A kind of mystical gift.”
– Fabienne Pascaud, Télérama

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Director: Milo Rau
Text: Milo Rau And The Ensemble
Performance: Arne De Tremerie, Olga Mouak and the voices of Isabelle Huppert, Anne Alvaro, Jocelyne Monier and Marijke Pinoy

Dramaturgy: Giacomo Bisordi
Stage, Sound, Light, Costumes, Props: Milo Rau, Giacomo Bisordi
Costume & Props Assistant: Julie Louvain
Production: Festival D’avignon

International Touring Team
Technical direction and lights: Sylvain Faye
Sound Sören Schwedler
Assistant Director and Subtitle Operator: Giacomo Bisordi, Edward Fortes
Tourmanagement Mascha Euchner-Martinez

Co-Productions: Éclat – Centre national des arts de la rue et de l’espace public (Aurillac), Théâtre de la Manufacture – Centre dramatique national Nancy Lorraine, Théâtre Silvia Monfort (Pariis), Théâtre public de Montreuil – Centre dramatique national, Théâtre du Champ au Roy – Scène conventionnée d’intérêt national Art & Création (Guingamp), Le Canal Théâtre de Redon Agglomération – Scène conventionnée d’intérêt national, CCAS Activités sociales de l’énergie, Scène 55 – Scène conventionnée d’intérêt national Art & Création (Mougins), Théâtre Durance – Scène nationale (Château-Arnoux-Saint-Auban), La Soufflerie – Scène conventionnée de Rezé

Thanks: Odeon – Theatre De L’europe (Paris), Stephane Braunschweig and The Ensemble Of The Seagull, Les Plateaux Sauvages (Paris), La Commune – Centre Dramatique National D’aubervilliers

JULIA MASLI
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
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Quotes and critical acclaim:

“Transcendent.”
— The New York Times

“Genius.”
★★★★★ — The Guardian

“A strange and beautiful masterpiece.”
★★★★★ — The Telegraph

“Sublime.” 
★★★★★ — Time Out

Duration: 90 min
Language: English

The show is in English, largely improvised, and completely different every night because it is based on audience participation.

Performances:
Sat, 4.07 at 22.00 in Peace Hall (sold out)
Sun, 5.07 at 18.00 in Peace Hall (BUY TICKET)

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JULIA MASLI  is an award-winning clown from Estonia, based in London. All she wants to do is solve people’s problems and eventually win the Nobel Prize, presented to those who have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind. But this plan keeps going wrong as she continually wins prizes for comedy. Her show ‘ha ha ha ha ha ha ha’ was nominated for Edinburgh's top prize of Best Comedy Show, the SKY Arts Best Comedy Award, the Most Outstanding Show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, two Helen Hayes Awards, and declared number one comedy show of the year by The Guardian—despite her serious intentions. The performances at the Baltoscandal festival are Julia's first in Estonia.

KIM NOBLE was a critically acclaimed artist and performer from London. He used to be quite good at stuff like theatre. He got an award. And he does some directing. The New York Times described him as “Annoying.” He participated in the Baltoscandal Festival in 2022 with his production “Lullaby for Scavengers”. He also performed his production “You’re Not Alone” at Kanuti Gildi SAAL in 2023. At this year’s Baltoscandal festival, he is also the dramaturg of Maike Londi’s production “My Mother’s Wealth, One Story and Three Ballads”. He is re-writing a book and recently had to move back into his mum’s flat due to financial difficulties.  www.mrkimnoble.com

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Creator and Performer: Julia Masli
Director: Kim Noble
Sound Designer and Composer: Alessio Festuccia
Live Sound Designer: Sebastián Hernández
Co-Lighting Designer: Jennifer Fok/E-hui
Original Lighting Design by: Lily Woodford
Live Lighting Designer: Sarah Chapin
Costume designers: Alice Wedge, Annika Thiems, David Curtis-Ring
Associate Producer, Production Manager, & Stage Manager: Sarah Chapin
Consulting Producers: Maria Manuela Goyanes, David C. Frederick & Sophia Lynn
Originating Producer: Impatient Productions

Generous support for the ha ha ha ha ha ha ha tour provided by David C. Frederick & Sophia Lynn.