Festen is a powerful opera adaptation of Thomas Vinterberg's cult film, centered around a 60th birthday celebration hosted by wealthy hotel owner Helge. As the night unfolds, tensions rise when his ...

Daring, lyrical and brilliantly achieved, Mark-Anthony Turnage’s new opera of the cult Danish film Festen is his best work yet. Elsewhere, knockout Wagner on a shoestring In the feverish build up to ...

Ascetic aesthetic: 'It feels like a home movie gone terribly wrong,' says Chris Weitz of Festen, the first film made under the Dogme code of conduct Seven years ago, two Danish directors - Lars von ...

Thomas Vinterberg’s taboo-busting 1998 film Festen (The Celebration) centred around a 60th birthday party at which the respected head of household is gradually revealed as a monstrous child abuser.

Bill Kenwright and Marla Rubin announce that they will present the Almeida Theatre production of FESTEN, the hugely successful London play about a family with a dark secret, on Broadway at the Music ...

Translating the Danish word “festen” is easy. It means “the celebration.” Translating the U.K. legit hit “Festen” into a commercial success on Broadway, however, may prove a bit more challenging. The ...

A new opera by English composer Mark-Anthony Turnage is always a cause for excitement amongst the critical classes. Scribblers like myself as well as the great and the good of the classical music ...

I was mesmerised by Festen, a compelling thriller of the serious sort. It faces up to incest, suggests what long-term damage the victims suffer and is inexorably possessed by dread. In the opening ...