A collision of ancient myth and modern spectacle, Ragnarok takes its inspiration from Norse mythology’s cyclical tale of the same name. It is a story about fate and determination, mortals and gods, the world’s end and its rebirth.
What is it to be one face in a million, walking through the end of your world?
A young girl and her brother battle forward, seeking a future in a promised land. Two souls in a sea of thousands, they move through a fractured world as dream and reality clash around them.
Ragnarok creates a bold, haunting and multisensory theatrical world, populated by scores of hand-crafted clay figures and an atmospheric immersive soundtrack. Multi-award-winning company Tortoise in a Nutshell create an enthralling new production that fuses forms to stunning effect, blending human performance, puppetry and hand-crafted live animation in their most ambitious production to date.
Ragnarok is an international co-production between Tortoise in a Nutshell and Figurteatret I Nordland (Nordland Visual Theatre) in association with MacRobert Arts Centre.
"An ambitious and heartbreaking production tackles huge themes with technical verve"The List
"Strikingly unique"The Stage
"Delivered here with such care and invention, and such profound feeling"The Scotsman
"Tortoise in a Nutshell has brought all its considerable prowess"All Edinburgh Theatre
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Performance details
- Show times
7.30pm
- Running time
1 hour 10 minutes, no interval
- Age suitability
13+
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Friends 20% off
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Concessions £2 off
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