REVOLUTIONARY
A faced-paced political drama where fiction and history meets physical theatre, dance and visual journey through time and space.
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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!
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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.
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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
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Actors:
Adrian Klein, Aine Ní Laoghaire, Charles Sandford, Eavan Gaffney, Emilie Hetland, Malcolm Adams, Patrick Martins, Ruairi Lenaghan
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Åsmund Skretting Austvold - Stage Manager
Grace Donnery - Stage Manager (Dublin)
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Produced by:
Ingrid Saltvik Faanes/Syv mil
Aisling Ormonde (Dublin)
Siri Wigdel
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Production Shots: Stig Håvard Dirdal
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Core Ensemble, Research and Development: Adrian Klein, Charles Sandford, Christopher Sivertsen, Emilie Hetland, Tomos Young
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With special thanks to: Ben Ormerod, Conall Morrison, John Comiskey, Wayne Jordan
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