Orpheus steigt herab

A chain swing carousel hangs from the flies, incomplete to begin with. One by one, grocery store owner Lady Torrance fits light bulbs and seats, trying to make it fit to run. She is assisted by Val, a night club singer lost in Williams’ bourgeois Hades like Orpheus in the underworld. An awkward romance buds between the careworn lady played by Wiebke Puls and the elusive Val. Played by Estonian actor Risto Kübar, he doesn’t only epitomize the foreign, he represents everything different per se. This sad couple’s attempt to break society’s chains ends in most cruel failure. The majority pack barks its threats and finally bites with no mercy. A terribly beautiful production of timeless significance.

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