REVOLUTIONARY
A faced-paced political drama where fiction and history meets physical theatre, dance and visual journey through time and space.
Stavanger Concert Hall April 2023
The play Revolutionary tells the story of the Russian Revolution and Alexandra Kollontai's rebellion. Against the tsar, her husband, parents, Lenin, Stalin and above all - the bourgeoisie. Alexandra leaves the comfort of aristocratic Russia for a Europe in flames, with only one goal: All power to the people!
Set in a theatrical circus context where Lenin is the ring master who directs aristocratic and proletarian clowns alike.
Alexandra is a person betrayed by her time, forgotten by ours. History is written by the victors - and women revolutionaries ignored. Alexandra's story might tell us something about our present; when one person clings on to power it threatens the human condition. Like we're experiencing in Europe right now.
Welcome to the circus! Join the revolution!
Creative Team
Emilie Hetland - Concept and Script
Katie O'Halloran - Direction
Louise Dunne - Set and Costume Design
Stephen Dodd - Lighting Design
Cameron Maculay - Sound Design
Olle Jacobsson - Flying Rig
Christopher Syvertsen - Movement Direction
Actors:
Adrian Klein, Aine Ní Laoghaire, Charles Sandford, Eavan Gaffney, Emilie Hetland, Malcolm Adams, Patrick Martins, Ruairi Lenaghan
Åsmund Skretting Austvold - Stage Manager
Grace Donnery - Stage Manager (Dublin)
Produced by:
Ingrid Saltvik Faanes/Syv mil
Aisling Ormonde (Dublin)
Siri Wigdel
Production Shots: Stig Håvard Dirdal
Core Ensemble, Research and Development: Adrian Klein, Charles Sandford, Christopher Sivertsen, Emilie Hetland, Tomos Young
With special thanks to: Ben Ormerod, Conall Morrison, John Comiskey, Wayne Jordan
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