Festen is a powerful opera adaptation of Thomas Vinterberg's cult film, centered around a 60th birthday celebration hosted by wealthy hotel owner Helge. As the night unfolds, tensions rise when his ...

Searing confrontation: the accusation of past horror by Christian (Allan Clayton) dumbfounds parents Helge (Gerald Finley) and Else (Rosie Aldridge) Crucial contributions from regular Jones ...

A bourgeois Danish family gather for patriarch Helge’s 60th birthday celebration only for dark revelations to unravel from the shadows. Eldest son Christian accuses his father of sexual abuse in the ...

For those of us who have followed Mark-Anthony Turnage’s operatic journey for decades, Festen feels like the culmination of everything he excels at – music that unsettles, theatre that refuses to look ...