Say hi to Abdo! (Estonia)

Team

Director and author Mikita Ilyinchyk

Scenographer Alexander Adamov

Lighting designer Denis Bretško

Musical director Villem Rootalu

Video designer Laura Romanova

Sound technician Joonatan Kivi

Producer Katarina Tomps

Stage manager Triinu Reigo

Translator Ilona Martson

On stage: Jaanika Arum, Elise Pottmann, Liina Tennosaar, Epp Eespäev (Tallinna Linnateater), Üllar Saaremäe.

Duration: 2 h 30 min (with intermission)
Language: Estonian
Subtitles: English, Russian

TW! The play contains disturbing videos

We are in the courtroom of the future. The trial will begin shortly.

“Say Hi to Abdo!” explores what happens when humanity is digitised and compassion is archived. It’s political sci-fi courtroom drama and a manifesto all in one.

Two people are on trial: a former border guard, Toomas, and a travel agent, Natalia, whose decisions and actions have affected the lives of more people than they could imagine. An expert and a lab assistant who work at the Genocide Institute help to create digital memory images of people and thereby give a voice to the voiceless – those whose stories were left at the border.

The production uses documentary material that director Mikita Ilyinchuk found on the Polish-Belarusian border.