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BERGEN INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 2017
FRICTION
The Tiger Lillies
Edgar Allan Poe ’ s Haunted Palace t
World premiere
DNS STORE SCENE
DATE / TIME Tuesday 06 and Wednesday 07 June at 19:30
DURATION 1:30
TICKET Standard : 290 – 390 Under 30 : 150 DN Fordel : 245 – 335
Festival Card : 30 % discount
A starving poet . A raven . An awful lot of dying maidens .
The British three-man band The Tiger Lillies embrace Edgar Allan Poe , ruffle his hair and laugh at his macabre jokes in this world premiere .
Loosely based on Poe ’ s tales and poems , and inspired by his stormy and tragic life , the multimedia performance piece retains the author ’ s own black sense of humour while navigating the inner paths of his soul .
In a haunted palace a young poet meets the devilish Raven , who supplies him with an especially black ink , which guarantees glory and honour . The poet writes frantically and soon runs out . Desperate for more ink , he rushes through the many corridors and halls of the palace . In each room he finds a story , a poem , a page of Poe ’ s imagination , and everywhere there are dying maidens .
The Tiger Lillies , infamous for their characteristic sound reminiscent of opera and gypsy music and their raw passion , make music at the intersection of the offensive and the brilliant . It is three years since they last visited Bergen and its festival , and the band promise a visual nightmare and a bizarre musical extravaganza when they – joined by two actors for the occasion – delve into the unfathomable jolie laide world of Edgar Allan Poe .
‘… this trio is quite out of the ordinary …’ – REVIEW IN A BERGEN NEWSPAPER
Paul Golub director Martyn Jacques musical direction Mark Holthusen visual direction Peder Bjurman dramaturgy
David Bernard video Claus Buehler sound Sylvie Martin-Hyszka costumes
Martyn Jacques vocal , harmonica , piano Adrian Stout bass , saw , theremin , vocal Jonas Golland percussion , vocal
Produced by Théâtre du Volcan Bleu ( France ) in collaboration with the Bergen International Festival , Le Théâtre de l ’ Union – Centre Dramatique National du Limousin ( France ), Maison de la musique de Nanterre ( France ), Quaternaire ( France ), with support from La Villette , Paris ( France ).
Sarah Ford / Quarternaire international co-production
Sponsored by Morgenbladet
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