Munich Biennale: Turn Turtle TurnMusical theatre
In Turn Turtle Turn, the five performers of Oblivia, working with three local singers and the twelve-member ensemble ö! directed by Francesc Prat, playfully and pointedly create a grandiose tableau: they meander between the age of dinosaurs and adventure stories, between the Ice Age and parallel worlds, between prehistoric geography and our hunt for fossil resources.
In Turn Turtle Turn, the five performers of Oblivia, working with three local singers and the twelve-member ensemble ö! directed by Francesc Prat, playfully and pointedly create a grandiose tableau: they meander between the age of dinosaurs and adventure stories, between the Ice Age and parallel worlds, between prehistoric geography and our hunt for fossil resources.
Sometimes coming right up close, sometimes seeming to drift right away, Turn Turtle Turn flows in its search for traces of the status quo of a humanity torn between perpetual (self-)destruction and persistent hope.
- Composition: Yiran Zhao
- Concept, direction, dramaturgy, texts: Oblivia
- Musical direction: Francesc Prat (Ensemble ö!)
- Light & stage design: Meri Ekola
- Costume design: Tua Helve
Part of the Munich Biennale – Festival for New Music Theatre
A co-production of Munich Biennale, Oblivia and Ensemble ö!, in cooperation with the Munich Public Library and other partners. Funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation and the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. In cooperation with Artist in Residence Munich, the residency programme of the City of Munich
