Encounters is a series of conversations, where the audience follows the meeting of two anonymous people taking place through performers.

On stage there are two performers, borrowed bodies. These performers are connected via earphones and microphones to two anonymous participants who remain hidden from the audience. The borrowed bodies repeat word by word everything the hidden participants say.
The participants never meet each other, or the audience, face to face – the only interaction takes place on stage, through borrowed bodies.

The performance explores encounters in a situation, where the authenticity of another person remains an open question. Encounters investigates questions of power, representation, anonymity and empathy.

We believe that the performance concept transfers well to different contexts, because of its potential to find out what people are talking about in general, and what kind of things are on top of peoples’ minds. At the same time, the performance reveals conventions of the stage, performance and theater.

Touring information

Running time at full length	[max] 90 minutes
Interval	no
Stage required (height/width/depth)	[preferably theater venue]
No. of people on tour	Number of people on production / FSSH: 3
No. of performers	[2 together on stage, 2 separately on backstage]
Used language	New edition(s) in local language(s)
Availability for workshop and educational work	One week joint workshop with dedicated local artists and technicians.

Key personnel

Concept by	[planned, designed & executed by Katri Naukkarinen, Amanda Palo, Olga Palo / FSSH]
Other credits	Photographed by Katri Naukkarinen

Contact information

Contact	Olga Palo
Email	helsinginfeministinensalaseura@gmail.com

Links

• PITCH - two minutes
• facebook in Finnish

Attachments

• Sound system