Edinburgh International Festival: Works and Days
Birth, life and death converge at the heart of this visually spectacular performance, as theatre collective FC Bergman seeks the truth about our place in the wider world.
About Edinburgh International Festival: Works and Days
| 7th Aug 2025 to 10th Aug 2025 | |
| 7th - 9th 8pm / Sun 10th 3pm Audio Described | |
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The Royal Lyceum Edinburgh Royal Lyceum Theatre Grindlay Street, Edinburgh West EH3 9AX |
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| From £12 | |
| Event organiser/part of Edinburgh International Festival | |
| Visit the event website here | |
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FC Bergman's latest piece reckons with what is lost when our bond to the earth fades.
Birth, life and death converge at the heart of this visually spectacular performance, as theatre collective FC Bergman seeks the truth about our place in the wider world. Their latest wordless piece blends stunning imagery, movement and music to explore our connection with the land we inhabit.
Journeying from ancient times to the present, the play cycles through the seasons and fundamental human rites of passage. The ingenious set design exposes the actors to all the elements – from fire to water. The magnificent visuals nod to famous pastoral paintings, all told with FC Bergman's signature humour and pathos.
Accompanied by on-stage musicians playing original music inspired by Antonio Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons, the performance transports you to a time when the land was everything, and our existence was inseparable from it.
Supported by Sir Ewan and Lady Brown
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