five new works, and an opening ritual, intended to be performed together in one day
Winterland
Winterland – The God play
Two girls search for the ecstatic as Johnny Rotten crawls into a radio and turns himself off
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Winterland
Emma and Swan, two girls on the verge of adolescence, sneak out of their houses and into the woods. Their destination is Winterland, their goal, to see The Sex Pistols play.
An event is a crux in time. After this night, the band will no longer exist. After this month, Winterland will close. And this expedition, this transgression, is also a rite of passage for the girls, but into what?
On the way they see strange figures dancing in the snow: a leper, a beekeeper, and a milkman, all of whom are really the same man, Johnny Rotten, the iconoclast of whom they have made an icon. And they are distraught, disillusioned. They miss the concert.
What does it mean to have missed the concert, if they heard the music and saw the dance? Why do we seek identity in crowds and stand in line to see anarchy performed?
Emma and Swan never reach the shrine, but each person they meet on their pilgrimage is an avatar of the god.
synopsis by Edith Reisner Newton
The Performers
| Ghost of John Lydon |
Jubilith Moore |
Emma |
Max |
Swan |
Sheila Berotti |
Emma’s Mother |
Libby Zilber |
Emma’s Father |
Lluís Valls |
Swan’s Father |
John Oglevee |
Yugen Orchestra |
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Liz Allbee |
trumpet, percussion, electronics, guzheng |
Jason Stamberger |
keyboard, percussion, electronics, guzheng |
Suki O’Kane |
drums |
Jonathan Segel |
bass |
Allen Whitman |
guitar |
music
Pioneering contemporary music has been composed for each of Theatre of Yugen's The Cycle Plays. Lead co-composers Allen Whitman and Suki O'Kane are joined by Jason Stamberger and Liz Albee to create the soundscape for Winterland.
Sample 1 - Snow Smoked
Sample 2 - Leper in Winter
excerpt (TRT 05:41)
For more samples, you can also look into our archives
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