Näidendite andmebaas

Do you recall what you got for your fifth birthday? Or when you first started thinking about the girls in your class? At what moment did you grow up?

“Notches on the Door Frame” is a striking and tender story about the coming of age of twin brothers Mihkel and Markus. As the play consists solely of the brothers’ recollections, it carefully portrays how children of different ages perceive the world and what they consider meaningful. With the passing of years, bedtime stories and toy trains are replaced by brash escapades and street brawls, where the stakes are high and consequences real.

The time period of the boys’ childhood plays a momentous role here. The breakthrough years of the 1980’s and 90’s were permeated by violence and disappearances, robberies and alcoholism. Using that as a backdrop, “Notches on the Door Frame” recounts the story of a whole generation, highlighting the impact of historical events on the wider society.

The character arcs are gripping, and although the play is mostly narratory in form, the characters develop significantly throughout and the text enables the actors to imaginatively manoeuvre on the thin line between narration and embodiment