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A production as part of ACuTe, advised by the Academy for Theater and Digitality.
The year is 20X6, and Finland is experiencing its first national water crisis after a cyberattack that has contaminated all the groundwater. This leads to the biggest famine in Finland since the 19th century. The crisis brutally divides society into winners and losers.
When her house collapses, Marja and her children are forced to embark on a desperate journey, alternating between hardship and dreams. The speculative sci-fi story takes the viewer into a cruelly beautiful world where people, from poor survivors to the powerful and privileged, struggle to survive in extreme conditions. Despite the hardships and the cold, people find strength in each other.
White Hunger is an epic and impressive play about the will to live, the fragility of structures, social inequality and the necessity of struggle. It is based on the novel of the same name by Aki Ollikainen, which was published in 2012. It was adapted and directed by Oxi Koskelainen for Oulu Theater.
In Oulu, the world of White Hunger has been created with unprecedented means. The set transforms the small stage into an enchanting futuristic space with its deep-dimensional effects and projected images. The team has created an immersive work of art inspired by the world of video games, conceptual art and pop culture, among other things.
All information at: https://oulunt