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Hjälp, dom kommer!

  • Ung Scen Öst

The Jury’s Motivation

A fully immersive, high-intensity experience that draws us into the murky backwaters of humanity. A totally unique theatrical event in which the actors seamlessly juggle between festivity and sheer panic. The scenography by Julia Herskovits is spectacular and meticulously crafted down to the smallest detail. Together with a contemporary analysis of society that is highly unsettling, Ung Scen Öst once again demonstrates that they take their audiences seriously and they invite us into a rare and unique experience of a total work of art — a universe that is equally inviting as it is provocative.

It all began 20 years ago, when a group of people decided to cut ties with the outside world. So they built their own dream society together — a realised utopia where neither chaos nor fear exists.

From the outside, life in the new world appears wonderful, with clear hierarchies and structures that create a sense of safety for everyone. But what lies beneath the perfect surface?

One day, the residents receive a letter from someone who wants to come and visit, and a sudden fear breaks out. A fear that grows stronger and proves difficult to stop. Who is the stranger who sent the letter? And why do they want to get inside the house?

Hjälp, dom kommer! is a total theatrical experience. The audience follows the characters ever deeper into the well-functioning mini-society they have built within the corridors and rooms of the theatre. How involved dare you become, if given the chance?

Good to know:

  • The audience follows the actors to several performance locations within the building and experiences partly different versions of the story.
  • The performance begins and ends together for all audience members.
  • The audience does not have fixed seating; tickets are unnumbered.

From 12 years

Cast:

Playwrights: Paula McManus & Sofia von Schmalensee
Director: Paula McManus
Set & costume designer: Julia Herskovits
Props master & scenography assistant: Gustav Udd
Lighting designer: Casper Wijlhuizen
Sound designer & composer: Christoffer Karlsson
Mask & wig designers: Elisabeth Karlsson & Sissa Persson Maresch
Choreographer: Ossi Niskala
Producer & Assistant director: Jenny Skoglund
Animation: William Plante
Technical Coordinator: Jenni Godoy
Technicians: William Wigforss, Ian Moström & Tim Uhlin
Dramaturg: Jonas Bernander
Pedagogue: Rebecca Holmlund
Marketing: Veronika Baumgardt
Poster design: Tzenko Stoyanov

Actors: Ann-Sofie Andersson Kern, Elle Kari Bergenrud, Viktor Carlsson, Jennifer Carzties, Carl Jacobson, Alexander Lindberg, Anja Rajić

Group:

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Time and place

All actors posing
Photo Sara P Borgström
Actors stand around a fire
Photo Sara P Borgström
Actors are dancing
Photo Sara P Borgström