Ett drömspel **** pre­mie­re at the Amos sta­ge 8.9.2021

​Carl Knif crea­tes an in­no­va­ti­ve and phy­si­cal in­terp­re­ta­tion of Au­gust St­rind­berg’s A Dream Play.
Dei­ty Ag­nes un­der­ta­kes a dream­li­ke jour­ney th­rough the world, en­coun­te­ring the dif­fe­rent si­des of hu­ma­ni­ty. She sees peop­le and their li­ves as they are, full of cont­rasts and suf­fe­ring, but al­so great beau­ty. Will Ag­nes be di­sap­poin­ted with hu­mans, or will she be fil­led with lo­ve? How will she in­terp­ret the mea­ning of li­fe and hu­mans’ ro­le on earth? Knif po­ses ques­tions th­rough st­rong phy­si­cal exp­res­sion and vi­sua­li­ty. Mu­sic al­so plays a key ro­le in the per­for­man­ce.

The per­for­man­ce is pro­du­ced in col­la­bo­ra­tion bet­ween the Swe­dish Theat­re in Hel­sin­ki, Riks­tea­tern in Swe­den, and Carl Knif Com­pa­ny.

"The performance, co-produced by Svenska Teatern, the Swedish Riksteatern and the Carl Knif Company, is reminiscent of the style of German silent films or Russian formalists from a hundred years ago for its visualization."
HS review **** 9.9.2021

"Lives up to expectations
Carl Knif impressed a few years ago on the same stage with his dance theater production of Kafka's short novel The Transformation, and it quickly becomes clear that A Dream Play will not be a disappointment. In fact, the show is excellent, both entertaining and intellectual, visually rich and innovative."
HBL review 9.9.2021

​Di­rec­tion and cho­reog­rap­hy: Carl Knif
Per­for­mers: Mår­ten An­ders­son, Per Bu­rell, Pat­rick Hen­rik­sen, Ok­sa­na Lom­mi, Pek­ka Lou­hio, Den­nis Ny­lund
Cos­tu­me de­sig­ner: Ka­ro­lii­na Koi­so-Kant­ti­la
Sound de­sig­ner/Com­po­ser: Jan­ne Hast
Light de­sig­ner: Juk­ka Hui­ti­la
​Sce­nog­rap­her: Erik Sal­ve­sen
Ma­ke-up and hair: Tiit­ta Stoor
Pho­tog­rap­her: Cata Portin
Pro­duc­tion: Carl Knif Com­pa­ny, Svens­ka Tea­tern, Riks­tea­tern