Background
Close-up of William Iles
Special Night's scenographer William Iles has been designing lighting and setting for dance performances for 20 years. Originally, she was supposed to study philosophy, but the spark for lighting design was born through the art of dance.
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Interview with the main actors
Dear Evan Hansen (2015) is an internationally popular musical that focuses on an anxious and lonely high school boy named Evan Hansen. At the Helsinki City Theatre, the role of Evan is alternated between Petja Pulkkinen and Julius Suominen.
Read moreAbout the set design of the play
Didn't Say Regrets The set design started from the idea of creating as spacious, empty a space as possible on the big stage, which captures the feeling of the place where the work takes place, the wilderness. As a set designer, I was fascinated by the idea of the nature of the wilderness, which is merciless and raw to the traveller in its nakedness.
Read moreAbout the sound design and music of the performance
I started designing the soundscape of No Regrets by asking myself what the compositions and sound could give to this particular work. This story contains dark themes and events, so I wanted to try to make sure that when dealing with them, the sound side would bring oxygen, lightness, beauty to the work and give the women the power to move forward.
Read moreDirector’s word: Those silenced by shame get a voice
I started preparing this stage work more than two years ago. The world was shaken by the pandemic crisis, but war still seemed far away. I thought that we are already a long way away from our own wars and we can safely look at the more silent and painful aspects of our history. Perhaps the most meaningful aspect of the work would be to highlight the personal passage through the crisis as a point of view. But then everything changed and our collective wounds became visible in an instant. It turned out that there is only a thin translucent scar tissue on top of them. Dealing with our past is only just beginning.
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