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DIVINA COMMEDIA as international theatre co-operation: Finland’s performances in Helsinki October 12th-November 5th, 2011. Portugal-performances July 3-7, 2012.
Myllyteatteri together with its international co-organisers is making a new theatre play out of Dante’s master work Divina Commedia.
The structure being the same as Dante wrote it: Hell - Purgatio – Paradise, a big group of younger generation professional artist from the corners of Europe (Finland, Portugal and Greece) are answering the same questions as Dante did: What is the meaning of life? What is the hard core of the human being?
The first part of the work-in-progress -project was premierd in Helsinki Suvilahti, Tiivistämö in October 12th. The performance will de developed during the winter 11-12 and continues being performed in Portugal Estremoz at an old marble quary as a part of Colecção B, Associação Cultural - Escrita na paisagem -festival in July 3-7, 2012. The Greek participants come from the cultural organisation in Athens: Art Syndicate.
Myllyteatteri’s production team for Divina Commedia:
Actors: Idalotta Backman, Jaakko Kiljunen, Ulla Raitio, Yuko Takeda and Tuomas Tulikorpi
Director: Miira Sippola
Visual design: Aili Ojalo
Sound design: Johanna Storm
Composing: Timo Muurinen
Light designer: Matti Jykylä
Producer: Katri Muhonen
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The Divina Commedia Theatre Project has been elected to the EU Culture Program 2007-2013.
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The press release in August 2010:
SAARI HAD SUCCES IN EDINBURGH
Saari - The Island was succesfully performed at Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 23-29, 2010 at the Zoo Venues. The actors in the performance are Kaisa Niemi and Yuko Takeda, script and direction is by Miira Sippola. The critics acclaimed Saari - The Island to be "the most enigmatic production on this year's Fringe... Saari has a surprising amount to say about solitude, companionship and what it means to be human."
► Download Saari (The Island) PRESS PACK (pdf).
