Caging Skies
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| Venue | Circa Two, Te Aro, Wellington, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Date | 11 August 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Date | 9 September 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dates Estimated | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status | Professional | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Premiere | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | CAGING SKIES - True passions. True lies.
Johannes, a zealous member of the Vienna Hitler Youth, discovers a fateful secret – his family is hiding a young Jewish woman, Elsa, in their home. Her life in his hands, Johannes and Elsa embark on a haunting journey that blurs the lines between the captive and the free, the victorious and the defeated, as the horrors of the war unfold around them and each must find a way to survive. What happens when children innocently embrace an ideological lie, when parents become afraid of their own children, when the lie takes on a life of its own? “He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future.” – Adolf Hitler “Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it.” – Adolf Hitler Caging Skies explores truth and lies at both political and personal levels, laying bare the darkest corners of the human soul. It's a story of universal relevance and consequence, not only as an echo of past events that shook humankind to its core, but as a confronting reflection of what is currently happening all around us. |
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| Description Source | Press Release | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Genre | Theatre - Spoken Word | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Drama
Adaptation |
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| Subjects |
Holocaust
War |
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| Text Nationality | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Production Nationality | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Further Information | Inspired by Christine Leunens' 2008 novel of the same name, nominated for the Prix Medicis and the Prix FNAC 2007. Leunens is a New Zealand-Belgian writer. With original music by Jeremy Cullen. “A commendably ambitious enterprise with an intriguingly international sweep... Its themes are universal and sweeping... The political and the personal meet and blend believably and movingly... Built | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event Status | Completed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Data Set | Theatre Aotearoa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event Identifier | 203946 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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