John Leo delivers another poetic salvo in Orange Alert’s barrage of acts. He will be performing three lyrical pieces that aim straight at the heart. Here's how the author describes his contribution to Orange Alert:

“I have the great privilege of performing three of my own poems in the Finn-Brit Players’ Orange Alert Climate Reality Show. The first poem, Painful Ends, is a critique of human aggression and self-centredness, and is a call to remain faithful to the earth.

The second poem, The August Thunder, describes the disruption caused by a very heavy rainstorm over Helsinki (August, 2011) and is a critique of human self-importance. The third poem, Spring Light, is a tribute to our wondrous earth, where we live, move, and have our being.”

You can experience John Leo’s moving poems at every show of the run. Those are three shots of theatrical performance that are worth taking.

Text: John Leo
Portrait: Anni Taponen
Flood photo: Eija Ristimäki

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