Frank Wedekind wrote his daring exploration of teenage angst and repression in 1891, but thanks to scenes graphically exploring pubescent sexual fantasies onstage, it was premiered only in 1906 and has often been censored or banned. Its setting in a time of sexual repression is vital…

Rosy light bathes a beautiful young woman (Sera Maehara’s Liat) bending gracefully in a slow contemplative dance. A soundscape of birds enhances the tranquillity – until the roar of helicopters heralds the arrival of a battalion of armed, uniformed American marines literally invading…