THE F.E.S.T
Festival of Ecology, Stage & Transformation

Teater KEF (SE)

Performance

Solo from the Pit

July 31 20:30 - 21:30 @ The Theatre
Cost SEK 300
The famous trombone magician Elias Faingersh presents a musical stand up comedy

Solo from the pit is about family life and father-son relationships where many scenes are illustrated with the help of a trombone and live electronics. Played in English.

The multiple-award winning performer Elias Faingersh shares his perspective on family life and on his family in particular in a hilarious stand up, framed by the magical sounds of his trombone and loop machines.
On a deeper level, this is a show about what it means to be a son and what it means to be a father, about the similarities between birth and death, about the cyclicity of life and the acceptance of this cyclicity, which is something you might call wisdom.

Elias Faingersh, a virtuoso trombone player, reinterprets famous operas in a musical stand up comedy show, framed by his personal dramatic story.

Connecting stories from his life to the operas he was playing at the time, Faingersh plays us through a comedic crash course in finding operatic (and personal) meaning, as he recounts his decision to leave a coveted position at the Metropolitan Opera. This story is about the choices faced by most people — whether to pursue comfort and security or follow their dreams.

Faingersh’s musical style is unique. He taps, blows and sings into the brass, adroitly flipping it to use a microphone mounted on the back for operatic vocals and hitting foot pedals to loop sound effects. Combining music, comedy and candor, this show is a peek into a composer’s mind.

Best solo show musical - Orlando Fringe 2018
Grand Prix - Reykjavik Fringe Festival 2021

Visiting members of Teater KEF
Keren Klimovsky
Elias Faingersh