MERMAID ANNABEL & SAD MARJATTA 2016A performance framed from a children’s play to a stage by giving it a name, which often also defines the turning point of the performance, such as the mermaid Annabel and the sad Marjatta who is sad because Annabel dies. 

Mermaid Annabel and Sad Marjatta is a play about transience. It is an attempt to copy a moment that once was. It is an attempt to capture the freedom inherent in a child's body. It is based on performances by five children under the age of 9, which the adults try their best to copy. The work is hilarious and obsessive.

Mermaid Annabel and Sad Marjatta premiered at the Zodiak Stage on 5 September 2016 and was also performed at the Kokkola Winter Dance Festival 2016.

Directed by Anna Cadia & Paula Salminen 
Choreography by Satu Herrala

Visual design by Minttu Vesala

Video design: Anna Cadia

Lighting design : Anna Pöllänen 

Performers : Ingrid Andre, Niina Hosiasluoma, Olli Kontulainen, Hanna Raiskinmäki