An empty zoo, a mattress shop, a gas station – in all these strange non-places, pigeons, snails and moles sing of their own worries, problems and crises, unable to perceive the world collapsing around them … An accident in the labs of CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, extinguishes the last glimmer of hope, thanks to Niki Lindroth von Bahr.

What happens in a person permanently trapped in the destructive loneliness of constant self-comparison? How does a person who fools others with neoliberal dreams just so they do not have to give up their own feel? This bittersweet, cheerfully tense musical by Niki Lindroth von Bahr pulls us into the masked nervousness of modern society with humour, singing and dancing.

When Tord comes home from work one day, he meets an unknown person of the same name in a redesigned apartment. His old home has given way to the new one and is now behind the neighbouring door. The second Tord turns out to be a pleasant conversationalist, a soulmate: A weighty reason not to ask further questions – until they become inevitable.