News
18 June, 2008 - Congratulations on successful completion of For the Living and the Dead development workshop
This year's June Workshop/Performance in Västerås and at the Västerås Koserthus was a huge success. This workshop featured development in the areas of movement, character development, lighting design, costume design and set design. A series of porcelain ladders created by Henny Linn Kjellberg hung from the ceiling and created a wonderful set for the work-in-progress performance. Torkel Skjaerven's lighting design created mood and special effects of shadows illuminating some visual aspects of Tranströmer's poetry and of our interpretation of it.
The performance included five complete pieces, featured two new musical improvisations and a dance improvisation. Audience members - many of whom attended the performance at Engsö Castle last summer - spoke of how wonderful it is to watch the growth of ideas and development of elements of the piece. Tomas and Monica Tranströmer attended the performance and invited the entire cast to their hotel room for a celebratory drink and party.
Thank you for all your support!!!
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Performances
For the Living and the Dead
Companion Star's debut production is a new music theater piece using the literary works of contemporary Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer and the music of composer Ellen Lindquist. For the Living and the Dead is a bi-lingual (English/Swedish) work that creates an environment bridging the real and unreal elements of life. For the Living and the Dead will debut in Spring 2010.
Moo, Squeal & Scratch: In the Garden of Shadows
Companion Star is a supporting partner for a work in progress by Haleh Abghari, Ben Kreith and Michael Douglas Jones. With music, stagecraft and spoken word, Moo, Squeal & Scratch translates classical Persian poetry to the stage. The images and characters of Hafez, Molana, Mirza, Farrokhi and Ferdowsi are revealed in song and fantasy. This bilingual production illuminates the elegance, wisdom and humor of their poems, insights and artistry which stand unfaded by the passage of time.
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