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HYPERDRIVE INN by Horsefly Games
by Auli Särkiö HYPERDRIVE INNHorsefly Games, 2024 Concept and development: Juho Kuorikoski Additional visuals: Henri Tervapuro Music and sound design: Juhana Lehtiniemi Imagine a rotating stage with an infinite number of sets, each with its distinct atmosphere and characters. A theatre space as Bertolt Brecht could have dreamt it, constantly displaying its own theatricality, its…
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THE PLEASURES WE CHOOSE – Finland’s Pavilion for the 60th Venice Biennale
by Amanda Millet-Sorsa Commissioner: Raija Koli – Frame Contemporary Art FinlandCurators: Yvonne Billimore & Jussi KoitelaExhibitors: Pia Lindman, Vidha Saumya, Jenni-Juulia Wallinheimo-HeimonenVenue: Giardini 20.04 – 24.11 2024 Finland, though a small country, has had its share of re-affirming and changing identities where for 700 years from 1150-1809 it was under the rule of the Swedish…
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MY BEST FRIEND by Mira Leibold & Luzia Oppermann
by Marina Dumont-Anastassiadou & Linda Kokkores MY BEST FRIEND – ODER ICH HARRE MIT UNGEDULD DEINER ANTWORT [My best friend – or, I await your answer with impatience]Text, concept, staging and performance: Mira Leibold and Luzia Oppermann. Lighting and technical support: René Buscher Presented on February 17, 2024 at Cammerspiele Leipzig.[Bias Disclaimer: Mira Leibold and…
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Three new CHAMBER OPERAS (Benjamin, Coult, Venables)
by Aleksi Barrière PICTURE A DAY LIKE THIS Music: George BenjaminText: Martin Crimp Stage direction, set design, dramaturgy & lighting design: Daniel Jeanneteau, Marie-Christine SomaConductor: George Benjamin Woman: Marianne CrebassaZabelle: Anna ProhaskaLover 1 / Composer: Beate MordalLover 2 / Composer’s Assistant: Cameron ShahbaziArtisan / Collector: John BrancyActors: Lisa Grandmottet, Eulalie Rambaud, Matthieu BaqueyOrchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra Commissioned and coproduced by Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Royal Opera House – Covent Garden, Opéra national du…
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INTERVIEW with Simon Stephens
by Yulia Savikovskaya This interview with British playwright Simon Stephens took place in February 2021 just a few days after his 50th Jubilee. Simon Stephens is an Artistic Associate at the Lyric Hammersmith (London), the author of Punk Rock (2009), Harper Regan (2007), Motortown (2006), Morning Sun (2021), Blindness (2020, adaptation of José Saramago’s novel) and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (2012, adaptation of…
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EVERYTHING FOR DAWN by Experiments in Opera
by Ema Katrovas Experiments in Opera’s Everything for Dawn is an experiment in mediums: A 10-part TV show script with 15-20 minute episodes written by librettists in a writers room, each episode set to music by a different composer, acted by classically-trained singers, and filmed by a crew consisting mostly of theater creators rather than…
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INTERVIEW with Laura Lappi
by Amanda Millet-Sorsa Laura Lappi in conversation with Amanda Millet-Sorsa at her studio in Ridgewood, Queens in May 2023 prior to her works being shipped to Helsinki, Finland, for her first solo exhibition in her home country’s capital. Laura Lappi was born and raised in Finland and completed her B.F.A. in the Netherlands in 2006…
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INTERVIEW with Roxane Revon
by Amanda Millet-Sorsa Roxane Revon joins Amanda Millet-Sorsa for a fireside chat at 68 Jay Street bar in DUMBO, Brooklyn NY for a conversation about her work and transition from theatre to multimedia art. Revon works with photography and video and uses plants, water, and transparent materials like reused plexiglass in her installation work alongside…
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EROS (i dolci) and EROS/SA (post theatre collective) in Helsinki
by Aleksi Barrière EROS/SAText created collectively from interviews conducted by the artistic teamProduction: Post Theatre CollectiveStage direction: David KozmaPerformers: Eeva Putro, Timo Teern, Yuko Takeda, Rufaro Rwambiwa Sound: Romulus Chiciuc, Robert Prokopowicz / Choreography: Angela Aldebds / Lighting: Pietu Pietiäinen / Set installation: Bita RazaviPremiered at Pop Up Vuotalo organized by New Theatre Helsinki in the…
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ANAPHORA by Michael Edward Edgerton
by Ema Katrovas ANAPHORAFor solo voiceComposed by Michael Edward EdgertonPremiered by Rebekka Uhlig at the Festival Speicher V (Berlin), 2001Published by Babel Scores You can listen to an audio version of article on the author’s podcast here. “Is communication something made clear? What is communication? Music, what does it communicate? Is what’s clear to me clear to you? Is…
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