Archive NEXT 2008

The Sound of Silence

Alvis Hermanis (Latvia) & New Riga Theatre (Latvia)

180 minutes

A theatrical phantasy about how the ideals (and the music) of May ’68 have permeated the grey Eastern bloc apartments and dreary living communities. Hermanis is one of the most important directors of his generation and is praised throughout for his ingenuity and poetic force. Without words, but full of meaning.A theatrical phantasy about how the ideals (and the music) of May ’68 have permeated the grey Eastern bloc apartments and dreary living communities. Hermanis is one of the most important directors of his generation and is praised throughout for his ingenuity and poetic force. Without words, but full of meaning.

direction : Alvis Hermanis

Music : Simon & Garfunkel 

With Guna Zarina, Sandra Zvigule, Inga Alsina, Liena Šmukste, Iveta Pole, Regina Razuma, Jana Civzele, Gatis Gaga, Kaspars Znotin, Edgars Samitis, Ivars Krasts, Varis Pinkis, Girts Kruminš, Andris Keišs 

Design : costumes Monika Pormale 
Light : Krišjanis Strazdits 
Coproduction : spielzeit’europa,
Berliner Festspiele, New Riga Theatre 
Avec le soutien de l’ONDA