CONTEMPORARY SOLO PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL

LÄBU

Crab Cage

by

JUULI HYTTINEN
Finland

Author and performer: JUULI HYTTINEN
Sound design: VAIDA VOVERE
Scenography: RIIN MAIDE
Video: DĀRTA URBANOVIČA
Lighting design: ROMMI RUTTAS and LEON ALLIK
Technical support: EDWARD SKAINES
Dramaturgical support: RINGA AARIMO, SANDRA KÜPPER and GIACOMO VERONESI
Producers: JÜRI NAEL and ANNIKA ÜPRUS
Thank you: Vaida Vovere, Joonas Purastie, Säilättäret and CPPM cohort
Production: CPPM | Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre
Premiere: 13 September 2025 Kanuti Gildi SAAL

The human wears the skin, but what if the skin is wearing the human?

Crab cage moves inside a body in constant alert, a body whose fragile surface no longer protects. It brings forth the never-ending itch and the quiet shame of being visibly uncomfortable. It gives shape to an invisible condition that isolates, exhausts, and wears down both body and mind.

The performance moves through the delicate landscape of fragile skin, tracing the silent marks of discomfort. Combining physical theatre, object manipulation, movement, and music, the piece transforms irritation and invisibility into presence and encounter — allowing space for absurdity and irony to flicker through the cracks.

Juuli Hyttinen

Juuli Hyttinen is a performing artist with a background in musical theatre. Through a dialogue between music, movement, and storytelling, her work explores the edges of genre and structure, creating space for unexpected moments and honest emotion.

Vaida Vovere

Vaida Vovere is a poet, songwriter and composer with a background as a musical theatre performer. Her work focuses on the meeting point of contemporary academic music and theatre music. Work on Crab Cage has been an exploration of viscerality and audial discomfort.