Musical designer: Rainer Sarnet
Artist: Liina Keevallik
Actors: Liina Vahtrik, Mari Abel, Taavi Eelmaa, Juhan Ulfsak, Erki Laur, Jimmy
Maksim Gorki was not a complicated writer, allegedly attending school for only two years. This is why he had the right to ask - why is the life of workers always so hard? Everything is produced with their hands, but they are always considered the lowest of the low. Why?
In his novel, 'Mother', Gorki places a middle-aged, uneducated woman in the middle of the revolutionary events of 1905. Her son leads the socialist movement in the factory where he works. His mother does not understand what is going on - what social democrats, what revolution? Injustice, however, can be understood even without education. Mother feels it in her heart.
Even though the revolution failed and its ideas have sunk into oblivion, history repeats itself. Again, silly middle-aged ladies have gathered into protest groups and into the Centre Party, and the gentlemen have a quiet laugh. It is not possible to be reasonable when it comes to injustice. You have to feel it with your heart.
The Von Krahl theatre has come together to listen to the voice of that simple, old, Russian romantic, and to make it sound.
The performance uses extracts from the play 'Playing the victim' by the Presnjakov brothers.