New Trailer for Anna-Liisa Nesterval!
Nesterval (AT): Anna-Liisa Nesterval Trailer 2 from ANTI Festival on Vimeo.
ANTI – Contemporary Art Festival is rapidly approaching! The 2019 festival is in 10-15 September. Get a taste of the 2019 programme through the new Anna-Liisa Nesterval trailer. Nesterval, who have gained massive popularity in Wien, will present their immersive theatre piece three times during ANTI Festival inside The Old Kuopio Museum.
The figures and plot elements of Anna-Liisa Nesterval are based on the works Anna-Liisa (1895) by the Finnish author and feminist Minna Canth (1844-1897), and Krambambuli (1885) by the Austrian humanist novelist Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830-1916). These literary references from the 19th century are brought together in a Heimatfilm setting (Call of the Forest, the film version of Krambambuli from 1965 by Franz Antel). In their new adventure, Nesterval blend gender roles and role models, opening the concept of home for a pluralistic society.
Anna-Liisa, a farmer’s daughter, is preparing for her wedding with Johannes, a farm servant, when her past suddenly catches up with her. Two uninvited guests make their appearance in the village, bringing with them their knowledge of a heinous crime. The perfect idyll is becoming disintegrated, violence and hatred sweep over the villagers after the silence of generations has been broken. And what had actually been meant to end in a wedding starts with a funeral reception. But how did it come to this turn in the story?
The participants become actively involved in the plot, trying to find their own truth as a group. Do you want to become part of the community or will you rather find yourself among the group of outcasts and serfs? In the little village in the middle of nowhere, xenophobia and self-loathing are closely associated sentiments.
Anna-Liisa Nesterval is co-produced in Kuopio with Minna Canthin talo ry, Dance Theatre Minimi and The Old Kuopio Museum.
Show Schedule
Thursday 12.9. 18.00
Friday 13.9. 18.00
Saturday 14.9. 18.00
The 2019 festival has multiple shows with a limited amount of seats. Ensure your entrance to the shows by reserving the free seats well in advance. The reservation is done online through the programme on our website.