World premiere May 5th 2026
The scattered remains of a body
Ashla is a performance that moves through astonishment, exhaustion, and addiction — tracing how invisible violence reshapes the body, leaving it without character and endlessly narrating. Echoing the body’s repetition and fatigue under overstimulation, the piece asks how contemporary bodies — caught between numbness and intensity — become uninhabitable.
Working Group:
Direction & Dramaturgy: Homa Shokri
Scenography: Anni Kanerva Hernetkoski
Light Design: Katinka Ebbe
Sound Design: Jekaterina Viltšenko
Choreography: Noon MA
Performing: Sonjis Laine, Chen Nadler, Sointu Saraste
Visual Artist: Shima Anjidani
Producing: Aliisa Kattelus
Supported by: Kone Säätio
Language: No spoken language
Age recommendation: +16
Content information: Strobe/Light flashes, loud sonic environment, thematic references to bodily distress.
More information: https://www.viirus.fi/en/shows/ashla-underdogs
Teater Viirus • Välimerenkatu 14, 00220 Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland