White Moose

A young man and woman move into an old farmhouse in a coastal village. It’s clear from the go that they’re city people. The man is a bit odd – he lives on a nature reserve but carries a gun. But his terse wife is even odder. Why did they come here? To this dump where everyone knows everyone and where life centres around a silently ticking shop and a village pub.

“It’s nice that they came,” says the local constable.
“I don’t think they’re going to stay,” replies the village elder. “Another man arrives with his wife. They arrive and the woman doesn’t know how to be. The man doesn’t know either. They’re used to the city and think that it’s the same in here… they all left. These people will as well.”
“City people are stupid!” summarises the cashier at the shop.
 
The play that “White Moose” is based on won the 1st prize at the Estonian Theatre Agency’s play competition in 2019.