With Annika and Timo, we have known each other for some twenty years, and I’ve seen the most of Oblivia’s performances. Now we work together for the first time. It has been fun! With us, on stage, fine musicians: composer-pianist Yiran Zhao, mezzosoprano Gabriela Lesch, and guitarist Thilo Ruck.

Life’s unique moments, intense sensory impressions, and a feeling of well-being will be highlighted next to the tender boundary towards hedonism as well as the radical anti-capitalist force that our longing for Pleasure contains.

Gigs 2023: Theater Rampe, Stuttgart; ARGEkultur, Salzburg; TD Berlin; Schwankhalle, Bremen; Viirus, Helsinki.

Concept & devising: Oblivia working group
Performers: Timo Fredriksson, Annika Tudeer, Juha Valkeapää
Guitarist: Thilo Ruck
Mezzosoprano: Gabriela Lesch
Composer, electronic live music : Yiran Zhao
Light design: Meri Ekola and Stine Hertel
Costume design: Tua Helve
Production manager: Jenny Nordlund

Co-producers: Theater Rampe, Stuttgart, ARGEkultur Salzburg, Schwankhalle Bremen

Supporters: Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Helsinki City, Svenska kulturfonden

Premiere | January 28, 2023, Theater Rampe, Stuttgart
Premiere | December 2023, Teater Viirus, Helsinki

Photo: Oblivia / Saara Autere