EKA Gallery
Start Date:
24.10.2025
Start Time:
19:00
End Date:
26.10.2025
“Carmen Electra” – like a bolt from the blue!
On October 24 at 7 pm, the band ants1 will premiere their musical “Carmen Electra” at EKA Gallery. The act combines contemporary dance, colorful costumes, disturbing music, and scandalous statements into its magical world. The libretto was collaboratively written by members of ants1, with the lead role performed by the eternally young and immortal Anumai Raska.
“Carmen Electra explores themes that feel both familiar and melancholic to a generation coming of age in a time when Europe is once again at war. It is a time when leaders of great nations won’t acknowledge climate change, when carrots cost more in Estonian grocery stores than in Belgium – even though the average income here is three times lower,” says a rabbit who wished to remain anonymous, commenting on the background of the production. “What will become of us like this?”
The band ants1 is a collective that emerged from the Estonian Academy of Arts, whose members work in various fields of contemporary art. When they come together, the collective is called ants1, whose music connects contemporary social problems with the painful yet fun language of punk music.
The musical “Carmen Electra” is not recommended for children under 12.
Performers: Ekke Janisk, Ats Kruusing, Andreas Kübar, Eke Ao Nettan, Anumai Raska, Henri Särekanno, Mattias Veller
Costumes by: Lisette Sivard
Light design by: Leon Allik
Sound design by: Roman Belov
Co-producer: elektron.art
Supported by: Estonian Cultural Endowment, City of Tallinn
Performances will take place on October 24, 25 and 26 at the EKA Gallery (Põhja pst 7, Tallinn). The performance is in Estonian with English subtitles. Entrance through the EKA lobby (from Põhja puiestee).
Tickets are available at Fienta:
https://fienta.com/s/ants1-muusikal-carmen-electra-esietendus
More info: https://elektron.art/projects/carmen
CARMEN ELECTRA
Musical by ants1 at EKA Gallery
Performances:
24.10.25 19.00–20.30
25.10.25 19.00–20.30
26.10.25 17.00–18.30
“Carmen Electra” is a completely ordinary musical with a classical structure, a very beautiful stage design, and where the main character overcomes difficulties from the beginning until the end. The libretto was written by the band ants1. The lead role is played by the eternally young and immortal Anumai Raska.
The magical world of the musical combines modern dance, colorful costumes, disturbing music and scandalous statements. Since the musical deals with death in essence, it is not possible to summarize it briefly. We hope for your understanding!
“We build our own workshop of non-existent tools from week to week, we rent two-room apartments to sleep in alone, we are accepted for jobs that we have never applied for in the first place, we are specialists in matters that we have never studied. Damn it… or are we canceling life ourselves before we even live it?”
– Unknown elk from the Estonian Forest, 2025
The ants1 band is a collective that emerged from the Estonian Academy of Arts, whose members work in various fields of contemporary art. When they come together, the collective goes by the name ants1, whose music connects contemporary social problems with the painful yet fun language of punk music.
