The Gynecologist
What if you could peek inside yourself? The Gynecologist is a journey into the inner world of the body told through the language of mime. A gynecologist, Dr. Freon, dives into the patient’s uterus in a search for a solution to her painful ailments.
The performance created by specialists in physical comedy operates in two coexisting spaces and scales, looking at the eco-catastrophe with a uterine hysteroscope. The Gynecologist combines audiovisual design with carefully detailed miming, the tradition of physical theatre with modern storytelling, and science with art. The Gynecologist approaches serious topics through gentle comedy, playing on the frontiers of the intimate stage: the ecosystem of the fallopian tube is deserted, a sandstorm rages in the ovary, an oil spill causes menstrual disorders, bacteria important to the body suffocate in microplastics.
The mime show that tickles the brain and the belly has been produced in collaboration with Kallo Collective. The medical consultant of the work has been an expert in gynecology.
Concept and performer: Emma Castrén
Director: Jenni Kallo
Lighting design: Vilma Vantola
Sound design: Iida Hägglund
Costume: Mirva Mietala
Stage design: Gemma Tweedie
Stage assistant: Oscar Dempsey
Photos: Jussi Virkkumaa
Medical expert: Laura Elo
Production: Tehdas Teatteri
Co-Production: Kallo Collective
The show premiered in 2022 at Tehdas Teatteri, Turku, Finland.
What if you could peek inside yourself? The Gynecologist is a journey into the inner world of the body told through the language of mime. A gynecologist, Dr. Freon, dives into the patient’s uterus in a search for a solution to her painful ailments.
The performance created by specialists in physical comedy operates in two coexisting spaces and scales, looking at the eco-catastrophe with a uterine hysteroscope. The Gynecologist combines audiovisual design with carefully detailed miming, the tradition of physical theatre with modern storytelling, and science with art. The Gynecologist approaches serious topics through gentle comedy, playing on the frontiers of the intimate stage: the ecosystem of the fallopian tube is deserted, a sandstorm rages in the ovary, an oil spill causes menstrual disorders, bacteria important to the body suffocate in microplastics.
The mime show that tickles the brain and the belly has been produced in collaboration with Kallo Collective. The medical consultant of the work has been an expert in gynecology.
Concept and performer: Emma Castrén
Director: Jenni Kallo
Lighting design: Vilma Vantola
Sound design: Iida Hägglund
Costume: Mirva Mietala
Stage design: Gemma Tweedie
Stage assistant: Oscar Dempsey
Photos: Jussi Virkkumaa
Medical expert: Laura Elo
Production: Tehdas Teatteri
Co-Production: Kallo Collective
The show premiered in 2022 at Tehdas Teatteri, Turku, Finland.
