Opera, theatre, film
Monday, 24 March 2008 20:35
A contemporary pop opera based on the infamous Manson Family murders of 1969, which turned the Flower Power dream of peace and love into a blood-soaked nightmare. Helsinki Skaala Opera's production of John Moran's experimental work explores the tragedy, its motives and media circus aftermath through an intense blend of acoustic and electronic music, aria, monologue, theatre and dance movement.
Monday, 24 March 2008 20:34
"Does the condemned know his sentence?"
"No. There would be no point in telling him. He'll learn it on his body."
Monday, 24 March 2008 20:31
Philip Glass's dance opera, based on the novel by Jean Cocteau, is a story of Paul and Lise, two siblings who live isolated in their room, playing their private Game in an world of fantasies. As the children fluctuate between consuming adoration and jealous hatred for each other, their increasingly twisted Game eventually leads to tragedy when confronted with the outside world of adulthood.
Monday, 24 March 2008 20:30
A complex web of people caught up in the relentless flow of events in the contemporary world, all seeking to break through their own isolation, struggling for contact like two Soviet cosmonauts stranded far above their long-dissolved nation.
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Monday, 24 March 2008 20:28
The award-winning play by acclaimed Irish playwright Frank McGuinness follows eight young men of the 36th (Ulster) Division from their enlistment to their death in the carnage of the battle of the Somme on July 1st, 1916.
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Monday, 24 March 2008 20:27
A multi-layered exploration of love, faith and the corruption of power, as seen through the story of Mary, Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I. In August 2002, the piece was presented as a guest performance at the Tampere Theatre festival.
Monday, 24 March 2008 20:26
A short film by Kazimir Kolesnik (2000)
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