P001 → “funtastic fungi” (2025)
“funtastic fungi” focuses on an unnamed group that practices a communal lifestyle. A five member organism that straddles the line between being fungi and being a human have settled in a secluded place that is inaccessible to everything strange and dangerous. A place, where everyone is equal, personal interests are sacrificed for the common good and transparency is a given. The rules are agreed upon in the commune: the distribution of power is equal, every decision made serves a harmonious coexistence, and the goal is to maintain a garden of paradise that lasts forever. The organism, resembling both fungi and humans at the same time, is able to heal and repair, destroy and decompose. All this in order to expel everything that does not belong in the inner circle, to maintain balance in the garden where does one know only good, but not evil.But fungi are fungi, a human is a human. If the outside does not have access, the air does not circulate, the world begins to rot from within. The facade that gardeners try to maintain, despite their efforts, is crumbling quickly and surely.
The original harmony begins to eliminate itself, we know how it ends. But there is still hope that maybe this time this is different. That heaven really is a place on Earth.
“funtastic fungi” does not investigate whether the garden of paradise is a naive wishful thinking or indeed a possible place for a harmonious life. “funtastic fungi” knows that where there is structure, there is also chaos.
Director - Getriin Kotsar
Performers - Johanna Vaiksoo, Germo Toonikus, Maria Helena Seppik, Iris Rämmeld, Emma Lumi
Production design and stage artist - Rahel-Marii Ingver
Make-up artist - Ronja Marie Tepp
Sound design - Kaur Hannes Käämbre
Light design - Meribel Helekivi-Kalina, Elis Luigla
Producer - Emily Krutto
Photographer and poster design - Kirke Talviste
Extra thanks - Cultural Endowment of Estonia, UT Viljandi Culture Academy, Uuskasutuskeskus, Tridens, Myfitness, SEIK, Kai Valtna, Tiiu Tamm, Sõltumatu Tantsu Lava, Koidu Seltsimaja, Ele Viskus, Kirke Talviste, Eva Maria Aru
Premiered in Viljandi, May 2025