
International Theatre Database
Category
Play
Country
Australia
Run Dates
May 3 - Jun 1, 2024
Venue
Run Time
100 minutes
2024.05.03 ~ 2024.06.01
The Old Fitz Theatre
Soldier. Killer. Tristan. Has murdered the betrothed of an Irishwoman. Isolde. Princess. Mystic. Revenger. The two enemies now share a small boat across the Irish Sea to Cornwall where Isolde will be given in marriage to Mark, King of Cornwall. Her body colonised. Her country annexed. Unless. Love. Unless. Death. Unless. Both. The ‘Liebestod’… German playwright Esther Vilar’s short, brilliantly incisive play is a savage riposte to Wagner’s extraordinary opera – how can one of the world’s most remarkable, transcendent myths of love be possible? Can we love what we make war with? What are the limits of forgiveness? This clever, atmospheric, sensuous and very funny play speaks to our torn world loudly and clearly. Hovering on a wild sea in the intimacy of the Fitz, the play combines live soaring opera, stunning music, raw performance, drunkenness, violence and passion. An exceptional cast, a beautiful, brutal story.