Inspired by Puccinis opera, his letters and by William Burroughs' Naked Lunch, Turandot is an emotional and vivid play about the composer writing his last unfinished opera.
Having been wrongly accused by his wife of having an affair with a housemaid, and consequently vilified by society, Puccini immersed himself in creating the story of Turandot, which reflected these trouble years of his life. Read more …
Rising star of Polish theatre, Pawel Passini has produced something between antique tragedy and contemporary psychodrama. In graphically expressive and emotive scenes, using Deaf performers as a chorus and documentary film footage to illustrate 'the emporium of cruelty', he creates a world where communication is reduced to a minimum and sign language is mingled with Polish and English, live music and fragments of the opera.
Passini is the winner of the Grand Prix at the First Night Festival for Turandot. Together with Chorea Theatre Association he has created Europe's first Internet theatre - neTTheatre.
It is crazy stuff which is right out there on the edge of the fringe, beyond the comfort zone. Yet Passini never leaves his audience befuddled as to what has happened.
Preview
New Town Theatre, Edinburgh from Thursday August 4, 2011, until Saturday August 27, 2011. More info: www.universalartsfestival.com/
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