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Return to Venice is a new play based on the real-life boy who inspired the iconic literary masterpiece, DEATH IN VENICE. A postmodern tale about a man who returns to Venice to unravel the mystery behind the chance encounter with the writer, Thomas Mann, when as a boy twenty-five years earlier, and in the process, torn between Apollonian integrity and Dionysian pleasures-of-the-flesh, discovers his true self. Light artist turned playwright, Bern Bowers, has announced his latest play 'Return to Venice' which has been written as a stylistic sequel to the highly renowned novella 'Death in Venice' by the German playwright Thomas Mann and features music by Gustav Mahler. Suitable only for ages 16+

Cast/Performers

Tom Rooke (Adzio)

Creatives/Company

Author: Bern Bowers