From me to you: How shall we eat v1.0
Every day, everyone has to eat. But how do you choose what to eat? What are our choices really? Can we dream together about how we all eat?
Foodie 1:
Hot soup on cold days
And tea in the mornings
A piece of chocolate at the end of a meal
These are a few of my favourite things
Foodie 2:
Sure, but are the ingredients local?
Organic? Fairtrade-certified?
And what about vegan options?
I like food too but the world’s going to shit
so how do we choose what to eat?
If you love eating, hate eating, or have a ‘it’s complicated’ relationship with eating, this is the show for you. Over the past year and a bit, the team has been asking people across Helsinki to share with us about their relationship with food as well as how they make choices around what they eat.
We’ve then layered together people’s stories (and put some of their words to music!), so in this tongue-in-cheek music documentary performance, you’ll get a taste of different perspectives about what’s important to people, what they struggle with, and most importantly, a delicious spread of dreams around how we can collectively eat our way towards gentler worlds.
Note: As part of the performance, actors will be preparing and offering audiences some soup that is vegan, lactose-free and nuts free. If you have any further allergies that we should be aware of, please email us at gua.khee.chong@uniarts.fi. We also welcome you to bring your own food container, and if there is leftover soup, you can bring it home!
After each performance, there will be some time to have casual conversation with the team and each other. For this section, we will have hot tea, some fruit, as well as a selection of dumpster dived goodies to share in – unfortunately, we cannot guarantee the absence of allergens in these foods, but there will be vegan and non-vegan options.
Working group
- Direction and interviews/text curation: Gua Khee Chong (Degree Programme in Directing, artistic thesis project for a Masters of Arts (Theatre and Drama) degree)
- Composition and lyrics support: Gyula Jussi Lukács (Degree Programme in Directing, 2nd year student)
- Dramaturgical and costume support: Natania Prezant (Degree Programme in Comparative Dramaturgy and Performance Research, 1st year student)
- Music arrangement: Aleksi Laukkonen
- Scenographer: Anna Satu Kaunisto (Master’s of Fine Arts / Stage Design (University of Fine Arts, Hamburg))
- Lighting designer: Titus Torniainen (Degree Programme in Lighting Design, artistic thesis project for a Masters of Arts (Theatre and Drama) degree)
- Assistant scenographer and Props designer: Yö Heinänen (Degree Programme in Scenography, 4th year student)
- Performers: Maja Burggraaff (Degree Programme in Vocal Arts and Musical Theatre minor, 1st year student) and Merita Salihi-Hildén (Musical Theatre minor, 1st year student)
- Musicians: Viltė Kišonaitė (Degree Programme in Music Performance (Piano), 2nd year student (Lithuanian music and theatre academy)) and Felix Hirsch (Degree Programme in Composition, 1st year student)
- Food and safety coordinator: Matilda Anttila (Degree Programme in Arts Management, Society and Creative entrepreneurship, artistic thesis project for a Masters of Arts degree)
Foodie 1:
Hot soup on cold days
And tea in the mornings
A piece of chocolate at the end of a meal
These are a few of my favourite things
Foodie 2:
Sure, but are the ingredients local?
Organic? Fairtrade-certified?
And what about vegan options?
I like food too but the world’s going to shit
so how do we choose what to eat?
If you love eating, hate eating, or have a ‘it’s complicated’ relationship with eating, this is the show for you. Over the past year and a bit, the team has been asking people across Helsinki to share with us about their relationship with food as well as how they make choices around what they eat.
We’ve then layered together people’s stories (and put some of their words to music!), so in this tongue-in-cheek music documentary performance, you’ll get a taste of different perspectives about what’s important to people, what they struggle with, and most importantly, a delicious spread of dreams around how we can collectively eat our way towards gentler worlds.
Note: As part of the performance, actors will be preparing and offering audiences some soup that is vegan, lactose-free and nuts free. If you have any further allergies that we should be aware of, please email us at gua.khee.chong@uniarts.fi. We also welcome you to bring your own food container, and if there is leftover soup, you can bring it home!
After each performance, there will be some time to have casual conversation with the team and each other. For this section, we will have hot tea, some fruit, as well as a selection of dumpster dived goodies to share in – unfortunately, we cannot guarantee the absence of allergens in these foods, but there will be vegan and non-vegan options.
Working group
- Direction and interviews/text curation: Gua Khee Chong (Degree Programme in Directing, artistic thesis project for a Masters of Arts (Theatre and Drama) degree)
- Composition and lyrics support: Gyula Jussi Lukács (Degree Programme in Directing, 2nd year student)
- Dramaturgical and costume support: Natania Prezant (Degree Programme in Comparative Dramaturgy and Performance Research, 1st year student)
- Music arrangement: Aleksi Laukkonen
- Scenographer: Anna Satu Kaunisto (Master’s of Fine Arts / Stage Design (University of Fine Arts, Hamburg))
- Lighting designer: Titus Torniainen (Degree Programme in Lighting Design, artistic thesis project for a Masters of Arts (Theatre and Drama) degree)
- Assistant scenographer and Props designer: Yö Heinänen (Degree Programme in Scenography, 4th year student)
- Performers: Maja Burggraaff (Degree Programme in Vocal Arts and Musical Theatre minor, 1st year student) and Merita Salihi-Hildén (Musical Theatre minor, 1st year student)
- Musicians: Viltė Kišonaitė (Degree Programme in Music Performance (Piano), 2nd year student (Lithuanian music and theatre academy)) and Felix Hirsch (Degree Programme in Composition, 1st year student)
- Food and safety coordinator: Matilda Anttila (Degree Programme in Arts Management, Society and Creative entrepreneurship, artistic thesis project for a Masters of Arts degree)