Details

This spiritual and sensual experience is a three-part ritualistic lamentation on birth, death, pleasure and pain, told through song, chanting and movement. Part 1: Gospels of Childhood / The Overture. Based on texts from the little known apocryphal gospels, this overture to the triptych tells the story of resurrection; its musical structure is based on the polyphonic singing tradition of Georgia, Bulgaria and Greece. Part 2: Caesarean Section / Essays on Suicide. Exploring the question of freedom and its limitations, Caesarean Section draws on the music of Corsica, through which Bulgarian, Romanian, Icelandic and Chechen songs are interwoven. Part 3: Anhelli / The Calling. A tribute to the Polish Romantic poet Juliusz Slowacki and his poem about possession by an angel, Anhelli's musical score is inspired by Byzantine and Sardinian Paschal hymns. Part 1 Gospels of Childhood/The Overture - Performance 19:00 at St Giles. Running time: 55 mins + 30 min interval. Part 2 Caesarean Section/Essays on Suicide. Performance time: 20:25 at The Pit. Running time: 50mins + 30 min interval. Part 3 Anhelli/The Calling. Performance time: 21:45 at St Giles. Running time: 40 mins. Age guidance 12+

Cast/Performers

Nini Julia Bang, Ditte Berkeley, Przemyslaw Blaszczak, Tomasz Bojarski, Emma Bonnici, Alekandro Curti, Jean Francois Favreau, Jaroslaw Fret, Kamila Klamut, Aleksandra Kotecka, Matej Matejka, Ewa Pasikowska, Tomasz Wierzbowski

Creatives/Company

Company: Teatr ZAR (from the Grotowski Institute in Wroclaw)
Director: Jaroslaw Fret
Lighting: Bartosz Radziszewski