Holy Hannibal: That’s a Spectacle
Reading about this, part of me screams that there are so many better uses of resources, both in terms of effect on the environment and in terms of money that could go to theatre groups and supporting artists. I mean, really, the idea of a one-off piece of this magnitude is, well, staggering in its hubris.
Lepka’s group, Lawine Torren, performed Hannibal on top of the Rettenbach glacier in the Austrian Alps earlier this month. With massive, snow-covered mountains and elaborate snow architecture as a backdrop, roughly 300 performers and 43 machines dramatized the story of Hannibal and his men against the Romans in the battle of Zama.
Part of me. The rest of me just kind of says "Cool…" and wishes I could have been part of it.
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