Oh I my beloved, and can it be!
/K. J. Erben: The Ghost Bride/
See I was thinking just of thee.
Praying indeed that we might meet,
That God might lead thy wandering feet.
Brides from Erben’s Bouquet in a poetic-grotesque style accompanied by a male band.
The young girls sit together and dream: soon they will become bright white brides and then only a beautiful future awaits them!
And the mother/Mother has no choice but to watch the girls dream with love, hope and fear. But the motif of guilt and punishment is Erben’s favourite – and punishments can be cruel…
Erben’s The Bouquet is full of female heroines for whom life prepares numerous pitfalls and fate is often merciless.
The Aldente Theatre is full of young actors with Down syndrome who long for love with a happy ending.
The production borrows “Erben’s Brides” from The Bouquet and fights for their fates, believing that love can be stronger than punishment.
Erben blends Christian elements with pagan ones; Aldente Theatre’s production a delicate poetic image with grotesque images and rock music.
The performance has three acts:
1. Growing up (the author’s part with the motif of Erben’s brides)
2. Christmas Eve
3. The Wedding Shirt (The Ghost Bride)
