A tale of love and struggle
July 28, 2006
Lancashire
By Kat Dibbits
The Last Tango, August 17-18 at The Library Theatre in Manchester.
The Last Tango is a rare chance to experience a musical in creation.
This production, by Manchester Library Theatre, is created as work-in-progress by people from Young Music Theatre UK.
The stars of the production have been selected from national auditions and are among the country's most promising young performers, both as actors and musicians.
The tale is one of love and struggle, told at a time and in a culture that is different from that in Manchester today, making it a very interesting and enlightening piece of theatre.
The story follows Ali, a Muslim boy living in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, in 1919.
He meets and falls in love with a Christian girl, Nino, the daughter of a rich trader from Armenia.
As the Bolsheviks approach and the Turkish Ottoman Empire retreats, so Ali and Nino are forced to flee their homelands and seek refuge from war-torn Europe.
For a short time they find happiness in the desert, but finally return to the devastated Baku where tragedy overcomes them.
The Last Tango is a fantastically performed musical that shoves youthful talent into the limelight.
Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
Lancashire
By Kat Dibbits
The Last Tango, August 17-18 at The Library Theatre in Manchester.
The Last Tango is a rare chance to experience a musical in creation.
This production, by Manchester Library Theatre, is created as work-in-progress by people from Young Music Theatre UK.
The stars of the production have been selected from national auditions and are among the country's most promising young performers, both as actors and musicians.
The tale is one of love and struggle, told at a time and in a culture that is different from that in Manchester today, making it a very interesting and enlightening piece of theatre.
The story follows Ali, a Muslim boy living in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, in 1919.
He meets and falls in love with a Christian girl, Nino, the daughter of a rich trader from Armenia.
As the Bolsheviks approach and the Turkish Ottoman Empire retreats, so Ali and Nino are forced to flee their homelands and seek refuge from war-torn Europe.
For a short time they find happiness in the desert, but finally return to the devastated Baku where tragedy overcomes them.
The Last Tango is a fantastically performed musical that shoves youthful talent into the limelight.
Note: Above are excerpts from the article. The full article appears here. Clarifications and comments by me are contained in {}. Deletions are marked by [...]. The bold emphasis is mine.
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