Nordic Noir: Phantasy and Fugue 2020

Virus: A Fugue - The play's world premiere - an absurdist tragicomedy

Fear, power and hierarchies compete in a world of people, puppets and model villages.

Who will survive?

This one-act play by well-known Norwegian playwright Fredrik Brattberg and translated by May Brit Akerholt, builds using the principles of musical composition. Short sentences and absurd situations are repeated with different variants as the play progresses - like the contrapuntal interweaving of parts in a fugue. As the story unfolds, the characters also experience a 'psychiatric fugue' - a 'loss of identity often coupled with flight from one's usual environment.' 

The result is a humorous and eventually disturbing text that reflects our Covid times and develops in surprising ways. 

The play was commissioned by the Czech and Slovak drama journal Svet a divadlo, Jakub Škorpil, Editor.

Peer Gynt - Tall tales and trolls

A selection of Grieg's glorious music written for Ibsen's iconic play. Performed by our talented singers & chamber orchestra. The much-loved excerpts include:

• The Hall of the Mountain King

• Solveig's Song

• Arabian Dance

• Morning Music

• Peer Gynt and the Herd Girls

Relax and enjoy being out in a Covid-safe cabaret setting. Complimentary bubbles on arrival and drinks at the bar.