Loneliness creeps along the front of the orchestra pit. It climbs onto the stage, takes us into a pub (stage & costumes: Sabina Moncys). The bartender is still alone, but soon the guests are introduced: three female friends, including a couple arguing about differing needs for intimacy, a flirtatious man looking for contact, and a woman who seems to prefer digital networking to analog connections.
Then the focus zooms in, exploring the various facets of loneliness. This works both through the physical level of physical theatre and through spoken text: poetic fables, some difficult to grasp, some sentences that cut to the core. The Gießen Philharmonic Orchestra plays pieces by Vivaldi, Górecki, Schnittke, and Tüür (conducted by Andreas Schüller) which blend seamlessly into the specially ...
