Odotustila

• Duration: 55 min
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Ville Wallo et Halle Hakkarainen

On stage, a man sitting on a bench starts to juggle. In the background, three giant screens show images of Helsinki train station. Suddenly, as in The Purple Rose of Cairo, one of the balls is projected onto the screen. Then the juggler disappears and finds himself in the waiting room in Helsinki station.
The simple act of waiting ("odotustila" in Finnish) is the source of these images where the actors skilfully manipulate the limits of reality and virtuality, where juggling and magic engage a subtle dialogue with the video projections.
On stage, Ville Walo and Kale Hakkarainen meet, present their acts in turn; and play with the screens, acting in front of them and inside them. Multiplied by the video screens, the moving objects and the actors' gestures blend together, creating a narrative unity where reality becomes illusion and vice versa.