A story shaped in the style of commedia dell’arte about people striving to climb higher in life, regardless of the obstacles and without concern for the means required to do so — including lying and killing, both literally and figuratively.

The performance is based on William Shakespeare’s tragedy Othello — within it, almost everything can be interpreted and “navigated through”: power and the individual, social status and the position of the outsider, wisdom and cunning, love and passion. Even the question of whether tragedy becomes more apparent when viewed from a comic perspective.

Following its premiere on August 7, the performance will become part of the Valmiera Theatre repertoire.

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