Archive 2013 

Six international musical theatre productions showcased musical theatre’s diversity and formed the heart of the festival, from Wagner to an adaptation of Quartett by La Fura dels Baus, demonstrating opera is no longer the only form of ‘total art’. A striking number of pieces this year were about living together: on a small scale, among loved ones and in families, and on a larger scale with disasters and diasporas. How might people organise their lives in such a way as to provide a place for ideas and ideals? The artists gave form to these ideas and invited the audience to think and dream further.