Wilton's

Presented by Kneehigh

17th January to 10th February . 7:30pm, 2:30pm Thursday and Saturday Matinees (no matinee Thursday 18th) . Running time 90 minutes no interval
£22.50 - £32.50 full price, £17.50 - £27 concessions

Written by Daniel Jamieson
Directed by Emma Rice

Perhaps you’ve seen them floating over a Russian village?
Or perhaps you’ve seen her toppling forward, arms full of wild flowers,
as he arches above her head and steals a kiss.

Partners in life and on canvas, Marc and Bella are immortalised as the picture of romance. But whilst on canvas they flew, in life they walked through some of the most devastating times in history.

Daniel Jamieson’s The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk traces this young couple as they navigate the Pogroms, the Russian Revolution, and each other. Emma Rice’s production is drawn in a theatrical language as fluid as Chagall’s paintings, and woven throughout with music and dance inspired by Russian Jewish tradition.

Winner of the Carol Tambor Best of Edinburgh Award 2017






They like it

  • Wraps you in the soaring giddiness and deep solace of overwhelming love

    ****. Financial Times

  • Deeply personal and deeply felt… a whirl of colour and surreal humour

    ****. The Guardian

  • A visual gem

    ****. The Stage

  • Gloriously romantic

    ****. The Times

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