Dear Audience,
This show is unlike others, we kindly ask you to use your electronic devices.
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Program
no intermission
Have you ever considered if you're addicted to your phone? When bedrotting becomes your only m.o., or crossing the street almost ends in a trip to the hospital? screen (mad scenes) explores the impact of presence through a ritual digital purge.
We start with a service industry reality check—the mind-numbing, repetitive hell that's all too easy to escape through your screen. recursion traps a barista in purgatorial customer service, surrounded by entitled patrons who can't believe you’re out of buns.
Then comes a new staging of Peter Maxwell Davies' 8 Songs for a Mad King—but forget theater etiquette. We want you glued to your screen, commenting/liking/disliking the madness unfolding before you. Watch as your digital engagement torments the very performer you're consuming.
Finally, total digital rejection: Lucia's Mad Scene from Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor. No screens, no distractions, no lights—just a woman's elaborate destructive coloratura up close and personal.
Cast
Daniel Rosenberg, Vocalist
Litha Ashforth, Vocalist
Njord Fossnes, Viola/Violin
Hedda Aadland, Cello
Kristopher Nash, Clarinet
Otilia Zielke Johannsen, Flute
Louise Schrøder, Piano
Tomáš Bazo, Percussion
Jens Rønsholdt Madsen, Meme-Maker
This show is unlike others, we kindly ask you to use your electronic devices.
Join the livestream, comment live: HERE
Program
recursion a new play by Daniel Rosenberg
hades can’t think of any new ways to torture his subjects in hell...
8 Songs for a Mad King by Peter Maxwell Davies
the mad king is addicted to his phone, and he must learn to live without it.
Lucia’s Mad Scene from Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti
Lucia just murdered her husband in their wedding bed. She hallucinates, sees ghosts, and sings to her true love, edgardo.
hades can’t think of any new ways to torture his subjects in hell...
8 Songs for a Mad King by Peter Maxwell Davies
the mad king is addicted to his phone, and he must learn to live without it.
Lucia’s Mad Scene from Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti
Lucia just murdered her husband in their wedding bed. She hallucinates, sees ghosts, and sings to her true love, edgardo.
no intermission
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Have you ever considered if you're addicted to your phone? When bedrotting becomes your only m.o., or crossing the street almost ends in a trip to the hospital? screen (mad scenes) explores the impact of presence through a ritual digital purge.
We start with a service industry reality check—the mind-numbing, repetitive hell that's all too easy to escape through your screen. recursion traps a barista in purgatorial customer service, surrounded by entitled patrons who can't believe you’re out of buns.
Then comes a new staging of Peter Maxwell Davies' 8 Songs for a Mad King—but forget theater etiquette. We want you glued to your screen, commenting/liking/disliking the madness unfolding before you. Watch as your digital engagement torments the very performer you're consuming.
Finally, total digital rejection: Lucia's Mad Scene from Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor. No screens, no distractions, no lights—just a woman's elaborate destructive coloratura up close and personal.
Cast
Daniel Rosenberg, Vocalist
Litha Ashforth, Vocalist
Njord Fossnes, Viola/Violin
Hedda Aadland, Cello
Kristopher Nash, Clarinet
Otilia Zielke Johannsen, Flute
Louise Schrøder, Piano
Tomáš Bazo, Percussion
Jens Rønsholdt Madsen, Meme-Maker