"Siddhartha" Production Reviewed: Music and Visual Imagery Take Centre Stage
LSM Culture has reviewed "Sidharta", an international music theatre production made with the participation of Latvia's Dailes Theatre. The review stresses that music and visual imagery are the core of the show.
LSM Culture has published a review of "Sidharta", an international production made with the participation of the Dailes Theatre in Riga. The lead producer is Toneelhuis, a theatre company based in Antwerp. The show had its world premiere at the Ruhr Triennale, which the review describes as one of the most significant events in contemporary theatre.
In the reviewer's assessment, "Sidharta" is first of all music and visual imagery. The production is billed as music theatre, and the review says that in this case the genre label seems accurate.
Music as a narrative language
According to the review, music in the show is not an accompaniment to the dramatic action. It is one of the main languages of the storytelling.
The Ruhr Triennale itself describes the form of the production as a synthesis. It combines theatre, classical voices, pop improvisation, Sufi chants and Indian dance.
The review's title, "Beauty and Emptiness", points to the main themes of the reviewer's verdict. The available excerpt of the text does not go into further analysis of the production.
