In the Great Landscape

A fairytale family chronicle

”Once upon a time there was a land, an ordinary land in an ordinary fairytale, as is customary. And, as in all ordinary fairytales, there was a castle wherein lived a king and a queen. And it came to pass that the queen gave birth to twin princesses, and the whole court rejoiced, until it was discovered that one princess was not like the other, one princess was not ordinary at all...”

Excerpt from Owl’s Chronicle

IN THE GREAT LANDSCAPE is at once a sparkling, headstrong piece of music theatre and a poetic family chronicle. The world we see on stage resembles a fairytale world, yet is firmly rooted in reality. The arrival of the royal family’s extraordinary child unleashes fear, injustice and a struggle for power, and signals the beginning of an epic adventure as the two sisters fight for freedom and change, and to be together. IN THE GREAT LANDSCAPE is a depiction of times past, time passing and times to come, in a chronicle set down by Owl, who sees all that we humans do not. 

IN THE GREAT LANDSCAPE gives rein to the full panoply of scenic arts in a production where theatre, dance, live music and song, fantasy and reality, existential questions and surprising humour blend. In the performance DuvTeatern explores for the first time on stage what it means to live with a disability. Life stories mirror each other and are shared with the audience. 

Book and lyrics for IN THE GREAT LANDSCAPE have been created by DuvTeatern’s ensemble and the actors are joined on stage by colleagues from Svenska Teatern. The music is specially composed by Markus Fagerudd for the show’s live orchestra, uniting the different musical traditions of Resonaarigroup and Wegelius Kammarstråkar. Choreography is by Carl Knif in close collaboration with the acting ensemble and the production is directed by Mikaela Hasán.