The Glass Mountain (Szklana Gora)
From: Friday, 9th October 2009
To: Saturday, 10 October 2009
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Synopsis
This is the story of Alexi, baker by day, dreamer by night. Will he make it to the top of the mountain and will he like what he finds when he gets there? This play weaves together the Polish fable of The Glass Mountain with contemporary stories of migration, Inspired by Eastern European traditions of singing stories, this is a charming, poignant and powerful tale about the pursuit of dreams and forging your own path in life.
Our Review:
Michael Hunt - 10 October 2009
This latest offering from St Albans-based Trestle Theatre Company combines a Polish myth with contemporary stories of migration. Olek (Jacek Wytrzymaly) is a Polish baker who has boarded a bus for a new life in England but is riddled with the guilt of leaving the one he loves behind.
Katherina Radeva’s set design is littered with symbolism to life with apples being used as references to the ‘sweet’ and ‘sour’ aspects and step ladders acting as mountains to climb both in a physical and metaphorical sense. In fact, a chandelier of apples remain in light throughout to remind the audience they are significant to the themes of the play.
We’re first introduced to the passengers of the bus. A mother (Kate Lush) who is visiting her middle-aged son (and male partner) in England, a father (Sean Garratt) working to send ‘the £50 notes’ back to Poland but wishing he could be with his family, and an immaculately dressed, attractiv...
Creative
Anna Reynolds (Author)
Trestle Touring (Company)
Emily Gray (Director)
Laurence Kaye (Musical Director)
Laurence Kaye (Music)
Katherine Radeva (Design)
Matthew Haskins (Lighting)
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