The Neighbors is a simple yet raucous and quick-paced comedy that pokes fun at the shortcomings of modern technology and the people who furiously cling to it. An up-and-coming middle-class family intends to move up the social ladder by inviting their neighbours over for a friendly gathering where they can show off their hi-tech house that is completely run and controlled by a single artificial intelligence unit: Dexter.
As Dexter begins to develop a thought process of its own, the rather dim-witted characters begin to be outsmarted by Dexter and lose focus. Soon enough their initial dignified disposition begins to disintegrate as the facade of their well-planned technological reality begins to crack and show its true, unreliable nature. In the most mundane modern-day setting, The Neighbors will take you on a side-splitting out-of-control downhill ride until the only thing left is utter absurdity.
Written & directed by H. Sven Fernandez
CAST
Kenneth – Paul McGuire
Aurora – Charlotte Riley
Catherine – Delphine Laniesse
Bob – Leben Norrie
Wilbur – Joe Konderla
Daisy – Sarah Puukka
The Maid – Sontra Samela
v.o. Dexter – H. Sven Fernandez
UNDERSTUDIES
Manthoula Bountri, Regina Comi, Pauliina Myllyntaus & Alexis Quintana Sainz
CREW
Light design – Timo Karppinen
Photography – Anni Taponen
PERFORMANCES at the NoName Theatre
Weds 8 March at 8 pm
Fri 10 March at 8 pm
Sat 11 March at 6 pm & 8 pm
Sun 12 March at 3 pm
Weds 15 March at 8 pm
Fri 17 March at 8 pm
Sat 18 March at 6 pm & 8 pm
Sun 19 March at 3 pm
TICKETS
16.00€ – standard admission
12.80€ – Concessions (students, retired, military/civil service, unemployed)
12.80€ – FBP, FINNBRIT, MEETUP & Internations members
Available from our Holvi store
SCHEDULE
The doors will open 30 minutes before the start. Please arrive in good time – due to the setup of the stage the doors will be locked at the start of the show and latecomers cannot be admitted.
HOW TO FIND US
The door to the theatre is the first wooden door to your left right after you go through the black metal gate at Korkeavuorenkatu 17. The doors will open half an hour before the advertised start time of the show. Pls follow the signs/posters.
ACCESSIBILITY
The entrance is down a long flight of stairs and there's no elevator or stairlift.
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