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The Bomb Game

Theatre:
Director:
Madis Kalmet
Premiere:
Esietendus 15. märtsil 2008 Endla teatri Suures saalis
lavastus-pic
Artist: Kalju Kivi (guest)
Composer: Rainer Jancis (guest)
Sound effects by Janek Kivi
Lights design: Rene Liivamägi (guest from University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy)

Cast: Enn Keerd, Sepo Seeman, Märt Avandi, Ago Anderson, Ireen Kennik, Tambet Seling, Sten Karpov, Veljo Reinik, Priit Loog, Jaanus Mehikas, Sven Heiberg, Feliks Kark (guest)

A witty, provocative, and touching anti-war story based on the motifs of Joseph Heller's play We Bombed in New Haven. The story begins with a new order given by an air force major (Enn Keerd). The soldiers have to follow orders to destroy various (and seemingly random) places all across the world as often as they have to practise marching.
A captain (Sepo Seeman) gives the soldiers their roles - who gets killed in the battle and how it happens, and who, in turn, becomes a hero. But soon the actors/soldiers begin to protest against their roles and fates - they do not want to die and unexpectedly the game turns out to be too real. The captain realises this only when he has to pick a new soldier for his squad and all the candidates look like his young son. What is this after all - a game or reality?
The production is a mix of satire, comedy, and tragedy. It is funny but at the same time painful, dealing with very real issues in the political and military situation of the present world. In the end it is clear that war should never be regarded as a show!