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THE LAST TANGO
THE SHOW
The changing world of middle Europe at the turn of the century ...
a world of the dispossessed, of outsiders, of gypsies of artists and students, a changing political and social world. A group of young performers, existing on the edge of the world, create a phantasmagoria of changing traditions and experiences - perhaps a Last Balkan Tango!
This production will offer a rare chance for young people to work with Serbian composer Boris Kovac who will be coming from Novi Sad in the Vojvodina province of middle Europe to work with the company. If you want to hear some of his music, click on the downloadable file below.
Working with Boris will be theatre designer and puppeteer Nick Barnes. With his puppet company Blind Summit Nick has created some spectacular images and he will be helping young people to create and animate their own characters as well as looking at design concepts for the production.
There will be much research to do and the creative team and the young people will be working together to create a fabulous new show; Boris Kovacs knowledge of the region and history will also be very important.
CAST
Georgina Altman, Rachel Annett, Nadia Assaf, Dominica Bagrij, Jessica Ball, Aaron Bewick, Rachel Bird, Carl-Edward Chambers, Nassira Cheref, Stephen Cook, Charlotte de Paeztron, Olenka Drapan, Edward Elliott, Elliott Fitzpatrick, Daniel Fortune, Seetar Gahir, Liam Geoghan, Katie Holder, Jonathan Howard, Anisha Hussain, Rebecca Ioannou, Ben Jeffrey, Hayley Johnson, Jamil Keating, Sami Lamine, Maria Lysandrou, Kayleigh MacRaie, Laurem Major, Sophie Mann, Laura McGowan, Toby Nicholas, Hannah Nitti, Charlotte Oldam, Samantha Orpe, Lucy Phillips, Anthony Rawlinson, Alison Tilson, Amy Walsh
ali and nino
by Said kurban
First published in Vienna in 1937, this classic story of romance and adventure has been compared to Dr. Zhivago and Romeo and Juliet. Its mysterious author was recently the subject of a feature article in the New Yorker, which has inspired a forthcoming biography. Out of print for nearly three decades until the hardcover re-release last year, Ali and Nino is Kurban Said's masterpiece. It is a captivating novel as evocative of the exotic desert landscape as it is of the passion between two people pulled apart by culture, religion, and war.
It is the eve of World War I in Baku, Azerbaijan, a city on the edge of the Caspian Sea, poised precariously between east and west. Ali Khan Shirvanshir, a Muslim schoolboy from a proud, aristocratic family, has fallen in love with the beautiful and enigmatic Nino Kipiani, a Christian girl with distinctly European sensibilities. To be together they must overcome blood feud and scandal, attempt a daring horseback rescue, and travel from the bustling street of oil-boom Baku, through starkly beautiful deserts and remote mountain villages, to the opulent palace of Ali's uncle in neighboring Persia. Ultimately the lovers are drawn back to Baku, but when war threatens their future, Ali is forced to choose between his loyalty to the beliefs of his Asian ancestors and his profound devotion to Nino. Combining the exotic fascination of a tale told by Scheherazade with the range and magnificence of an epic, Ali and Nino is a timeless classic of love in the face of war.
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