“before a revolution happens, it is perceived as impossible; after it happens, it is seen as having been inevitable”
REVOLUTIONARY &
THE EDEN HOTEL
Rosa Luxemburg
Charles began working with Emilie Hetland (writer and lead artist of Volya Theatre) in 2016 on a project about revolutionary feminist and Communist Alexandra Kollontai. The project was created in reaction to how radical women have been written out of history and a desire to make work that was physical, imaginative and biographical. ‘REVOLUTIONARY’ tells the story of the Russian Revolution and Alexandra Kollontai's rebellion against the tsar, her husband, parents, Lenin, Stalin and above all - the bourgeoisie.
‘REVOLUTIONARY’ premiered at the Stavanger Konserthus in 2023. Volya theare, Emilie and Charles are now in the process of developing a new piece ‘The Eden Hotel’ about Rosa Luxemburg, German revolutionary and feminist, directed by Katie O'Halloran. The play follows the events of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht's murders at the Eden Hotel in 1919 Berlin. The show explores their politics, personal lives and the brutality they suffered on January 15, 1919 through a Weimar Republic cabaret and silent film-inspired style.
Photos by Fredrik Lillegraven at the Tou Scene development in Stavanger, Norway.
REVOLUTIONARY:
Emilie Hetland - Concept and Script. Katie O'Halloran - Direction. Louise. Dunne - Set and Costume Design. Stephen Dodd - Lighting Design. Cameron Maculay - Sound Design. Olle Jacobsson - Flying Rig. Christopher Syvertsen - Movement Direction
Actors: Adrian Klein, Aine Ní Laoghaire, Charles Sandford, Eavan Gaffney, Emilie Hetland, Malcolm Adams, Patrick Martins, Ruairi Lenaghan
Åsmund Skretting Austvold - Stage Manager. Grace Donnery - Stage Manager (Dublin)
Produced by: Ingrid Saltvik Faanes/Syv mil . Aisling Ormonde (Dublin). Siri Wigdel
Production Shots: Stig Håvard Dirdal
Core Ensemble, Research and Development: Adrian Klein, Charles Sandford, Christopher Sivertsen, Emilie Hetland, Tomos Young
HOTEL EDEN
Emilie Hetland - Concept and Script.
Katie O'Halloran - Direction.
Aisling Ormonde - Creative Producer
Actors & Devisers - Emilie Hetland, Charles Sandford
Photographer - Fredrik Holmen Lillegraven
