Nuutrum stages new play written for the Tabor acting family

Nuutrum will stage Andri Luup’s new play Kodumängijad, written with the Tabor family of actors in mind. The production, directed by Robert Täpp, will open at the Sakala 3 theatre house in Tallinn before touring Estonia, ERR reports.

The play follows a son who returns home after years away to say goodbye to his recently deceased father. Many things between them were left unsaid. Täpp said the story explores relationships and unanswered questions while also drawing on absurdity and humour.

Täpp said the production also asks why people are reluctant to talk about death. He hopes it will encourage audiences to think positively about life’s limits and about the relationships they can invest in while they are alive.

Actor Theodor Tabor said it was striking that the people closest to one another can become the most distant, and that they may lack the strength to ask the right questions at the right time.

Playing a family alongside his own relatives has been an unusual challenge, Tabor said, though he described working with his parents as easy. Margus Tabor said he agreed to take part because Täpp invited the whole family and the project sounded interesting.

Liisa Soolepp is the production’s set designer.