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Glorious Death
Europe’s history after the Second World War until today is seen through the life of Gloria, a traveller and migrant whose story is mirrored by the voice and songs of her son, played by Istanbul based countertenor Nuri Harun Ates.  Europe’s aging population trend, emigration of the young, immigration of the elderly and foreigners, apathy, identity crises, xenophobia and racism are the topics.

The theatre director mixes video and live singing. This staging and the real cafe decor strengthen the poetry and causality of her life and brings out the universal destiny of each of us.

Direction and concept: Dritëro Kasapi
Text: Mia Törnqvist
Producer: Intercult
Duration: 60 minutes

The project is comissioned by Black/North SEAS

More about the project:
The idea for Glorious Deaths came about on a research visit to Skegness that Dritëro Kasapi made with the Bulgarian artist Venelin Shurelov. Here in this traditional British seaside resort, Kasapi took an interest in those who remembered their family vacations in Skegness and who returned for a quiet and peaceful life in retirement. The number of old people made him reflect on how change, and in particularly death, can be frightening, yet the definite loss will also bring something new, leaving room for new possibilities and new stories.

Drïtero Kasapi
Drïtero Kasapi was born in 1975 in Macedonia. He graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts - Department of Stage Directing in Skopje, Macedonia.
Before moving to Sweden he was active as a founder and artistic director of the Children Theatre Centre in Skopje. He was also a freelance theatre director working and presenting in Macedonia, different countries in the Balkans, Germany, France, Great Britain, Austria, Italy and Sweden, as well as a writer and director for TV series.
Presently Kasapi lives and works in Sweden. Since January 2005 he has been Artistic Director of Gottsunda Dance & Theatre and is involved in numerous cultural projects in Sweden and abroad: as participant at Dropping Knowledge – Table of Free Voices in Berlin September, 2006; as Board member at Assitej Sweden; as Member of the artistic board of the International Theatre Festival - MOT in Skopje, Macedonia 2003-2006; and Member of the reference group for theatre at the Cultural Department of Stockholm City.