INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL
Jaroslaw Fret, director
U.S. Debut and UCLA Live Exclusive
When:
Tue-Fri, Nov 27-30 at 8pm; Sat, Dec 1 at 2 & 8pm; Sun, Dec 2 at 2 & 7pm
Where:
Freud Playhouse
Special Venue Seating
Price:
$38
A transformative theatrical event unlike any you’ll see this season, Poland’s Teatr Zar brings its remarkable Gospels of Childhood to UCLA Live in its exclusive U.S. engagement. A profound, visceral, and ritualistic spectacle reminiscent of the work of Poland’s Song of the Goat (last seen at UCLA Live in 2005), Gospels of Childhood incorporates acting, chanting, movement and millennia-old polyphonic funeral songs from Georgia, Bulgaria and Greece to envelop the audience in a deeply moving and meditative experience. Using texts from Christian mythology, including the resurrection of Lazarus and the testimony of Mary Magdalene, Gospels transports audiences to a realm hovering between the worlds of the living and the dead, ultimately leading to a fully realized theatrical moment of redemption. Second generation disciples of the late theater revolutionary Jerzy Grotowski, this extraordinary multinational group of artists strives to create work that communicates on a primal, non-spoken level, leaving audiences emotionally and spiritually altered.
http://www.uclalive.org/event.asp?Event_ID=461
RSVP'D for December 1, 2007 8pm
swati
monty
Thursday, July 26, 2007
The Fortune Teller! - swati already bought her ticket
The Fortune Teller
Erik Sanko, creator and director
INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL
Danny Elfman and Erik Sanko, composers; Gavin Friday, recorded narration
West Coast Premiere
When:
Thu-Fri, Oct 18-19 at 8pm; Sat, Oct 20 at 5, 7 & 9pm; Sun, Oct 21 at 3, 5 & 7pm; Tue-Fri, Oct 23-26 at 8pm; Sat, Oct 27 at 5, 7 & 9pm; Sun, Oct 28 at 3 & 5pm
Where:
Freud Playhouse
Special Venue Seating
Price:
$32
($15 UCLA students)
Series Subscriptions:
International Theatre Festival 1
International Theatre Festival 2
“For those souls with a taste for the elegantly macabre, attendance is highly advised.” –The Village Voice
Edward Gorey meets Tim Burton in this deliciously twisted marionette play by former Lounge Lizards bassist and hip New York City puppet maker Erik Sanko. Featuring a grotesque array of 15 artfully handcrafted figures, this dark comic tale unfolds in a fantastic Victorian world as seven characters representing the seven deadly sins convene at a dead millionaire’s estate to claim their inheritance as determined by a fortune teller. One by one, each is delivered what they have coming to them, but perhaps not what they are expecting—a brutal, but suitable, demise. Featuring the gravelly, recorded narration of Irish vocalist Gavin Friday and an eerie score by Sanko and Grammy-winning film composer and former Oingo Boingo frontman Danny Elfman, this sinister puppet theater spectacle is a perverse, but gleeful morality tale for grown-ups.
http://www.uclalive.org/event.asp?Event_ID=449
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have already bought myself a ticket for this on the 20th of October at 9pm becuase they are almost sold out. if someone else wants to go then they must tell me asap, we can't sit together because there are not two seats available together but we can still go together
Erik Sanko, creator and director
INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL
Danny Elfman and Erik Sanko, composers; Gavin Friday, recorded narration
West Coast Premiere
When:
Thu-Fri, Oct 18-19 at 8pm; Sat, Oct 20 at 5, 7 & 9pm; Sun, Oct 21 at 3, 5 & 7pm; Tue-Fri, Oct 23-26 at 8pm; Sat, Oct 27 at 5, 7 & 9pm; Sun, Oct 28 at 3 & 5pm
Where:
Freud Playhouse
Special Venue Seating
Price:
$32
($15 UCLA students)
Series Subscriptions:
International Theatre Festival 1
International Theatre Festival 2
“For those souls with a taste for the elegantly macabre, attendance is highly advised.” –The Village Voice
Edward Gorey meets Tim Burton in this deliciously twisted marionette play by former Lounge Lizards bassist and hip New York City puppet maker Erik Sanko. Featuring a grotesque array of 15 artfully handcrafted figures, this dark comic tale unfolds in a fantastic Victorian world as seven characters representing the seven deadly sins convene at a dead millionaire’s estate to claim their inheritance as determined by a fortune teller. One by one, each is delivered what they have coming to them, but perhaps not what they are expecting—a brutal, but suitable, demise. Featuring the gravelly, recorded narration of Irish vocalist Gavin Friday and an eerie score by Sanko and Grammy-winning film composer and former Oingo Boingo frontman Danny Elfman, this sinister puppet theater spectacle is a perverse, but gleeful morality tale for grown-ups.
http://www.uclalive.org/event.asp?Event_ID=449
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have already bought myself a ticket for this on the 20th of October at 9pm becuase they are almost sold out. if someone else wants to go then they must tell me asap, we can't sit together because there are not two seats available together but we can still go together
Aurelia's Oratorio
Directed and Designed by Victoria Thierrée Chaplin; Performed by Aurélia Thierrée
West Coast Premiere
When:
Wed-Fri, Apr 9-11 at 8pm, Sat, Apr 12 at 2pm & 8pm
Where:
Freud Playhouse
Price:
$42, 28 adults; $34, 22 kids 12 & under
($15 UCLA students)
Series Subscriptions:
DFS Family Series
“A bewitching 70 minutes in which the nightmarish and the dreamy meet and disintegrate in a puff of smoke and the whistle of a train.” –The Guardian
Welcome to a ravishing world of adventure in which dreams come to life and the miraculous unfolds before your very eyes. A brilliant display of physical theater, acrobatics and dazzling stage invention, Aurélia’s Oratorio is inspired by the magic of the music hall, variety show and circus to create an intoxicating concoction of illusion and fantasy. Sister of visionary ringmaster James Thierrée, who last dazzled UCLA Live audiences with his spellbinding Junebug Symphony, the elegant and waif-like Aurélia Thierrée evokes a world of nostalgia and child-like wonder in this astonishing production created for her by her mother Victoria Thierrée Chaplin, a pioneering member of “new circus” troupes Cirque Invisible and Cirque Imaginaire.
http://www.uclalive.org/event.asp?Event_ID=484
West Coast Premiere
When:
Wed-Fri, Apr 9-11 at 8pm, Sat, Apr 12 at 2pm & 8pm
Where:
Freud Playhouse
Price:
$42, 28 adults; $34, 22 kids 12 & under
($15 UCLA students)
Series Subscriptions:
DFS Family Series
“A bewitching 70 minutes in which the nightmarish and the dreamy meet and disintegrate in a puff of smoke and the whistle of a train.” –The Guardian
Welcome to a ravishing world of adventure in which dreams come to life and the miraculous unfolds before your very eyes. A brilliant display of physical theater, acrobatics and dazzling stage invention, Aurélia’s Oratorio is inspired by the magic of the music hall, variety show and circus to create an intoxicating concoction of illusion and fantasy. Sister of visionary ringmaster James Thierrée, who last dazzled UCLA Live audiences with his spellbinding Junebug Symphony, the elegant and waif-like Aurélia Thierrée evokes a world of nostalgia and child-like wonder in this astonishing production created for her by her mother Victoria Thierrée Chaplin, a pioneering member of “new circus” troupes Cirque Invisible and Cirque Imaginaire.
http://www.uclalive.org/event.asp?Event_ID=484
Leila Haddad
Leila Haddad & the Ghawazee Musicians of Luxor, Upper Egypt
Gypsy Dances from Rajasthan to the Nile
U.S. Premiere
When:
Sat, Mar 22 at 8pm
Where:
Royce Hall
Price:
$42, 30, 22
($15 UCLA students)
Series Subscriptions:
World Music and Danc
“The queen of oriental dance …” Le Parisien
Tunisian-born Leila Haddad is regarded as one of the world’s premier oriental dancers, performing Raqs el Sharki, commonly referred to as “belly dance.” Studying many of the Arab world’s dance forms by traveling from village to village, Haddad has long fought to restore oriental “belly dance” to its status as a noble art form, freeing it from its negative associations with smoky cabarets and male-only nightclubs. Featuring exquisite handmade costumes, nuanced lighting and sophisticated technical direction, this beautifully staged event creates a dialogue between two ancient dance traditions—the Ghawazee (Gypsy) dances of Upper Egypt and those of the Kabelyas of Rajasthan, India. Haddad will be joined on stage by the renowned Ghawazee musicians of Luxor, Upper Egypt, who play a variety of traditional instruments.
http://www.uclalive.org/event.asp?Event_ID=482
RSVP'D for Sat, Mar 22 at 8pm
monty
Gypsy Dances from Rajasthan to the Nile
U.S. Premiere
When:
Sat, Mar 22 at 8pm
Where:
Royce Hall
Price:
$42, 30, 22
($15 UCLA students)
Series Subscriptions:
World Music and Danc
“The queen of oriental dance …” Le Parisien
Tunisian-born Leila Haddad is regarded as one of the world’s premier oriental dancers, performing Raqs el Sharki, commonly referred to as “belly dance.” Studying many of the Arab world’s dance forms by traveling from village to village, Haddad has long fought to restore oriental “belly dance” to its status as a noble art form, freeing it from its negative associations with smoky cabarets and male-only nightclubs. Featuring exquisite handmade costumes, nuanced lighting and sophisticated technical direction, this beautifully staged event creates a dialogue between two ancient dance traditions—the Ghawazee (Gypsy) dances of Upper Egypt and those of the Kabelyas of Rajasthan, India. Haddad will be joined on stage by the renowned Ghawazee musicians of Luxor, Upper Egypt, who play a variety of traditional instruments.
http://www.uclalive.org/event.asp?Event_ID=482
RSVP'D for Sat, Mar 22 at 8pm
monty
Angélique Kidjo
with special guest Dengue Fever
When:
Wed, Mar 12 at 8pm
Where:
Royce Hall
Price:
$46, 34, 22
($15 UCLA students)
Series Subscriptions:
World Music B
World Music A & B
“[Kidjo’s] supercharged pipes have never sounded better, her irresistible energy and joie de vivre never more palpable ... Kidjo reaffirms her global-diva credentials.”—LA Weekly
The electrifying Benin-born, Brooklyn-based vocalist Angélique Kidjo is the most popular female African artist to emerge since her idol Miriam Makeba. Hailed by The New York Times for her “growls and swoops that link African tradition to American soul music,” Kidjo cross pollinations the drum-based grooves of her native West Africa with Euro-pop, R&B, electronica and Latin and Caribbean music to create a potent Afro-funk fusion. Her albums regularly top Billboard’s World Music charts and have garnered four Grammy nominations and ecstatic reviews. She brings her exuberant performance style—which has attracted numerous collaborators, including Carlos Santana, Gilberto Gil and Dave Mathews—to Royce Hall, performing songs from Djin Djin, her new star-studded recording featuring guest performances by Alicia Keys, Joss Stone, Ziggy Marley and Peter Gabriel. Los Angeles’ own offbeat garage band Dengue Fever opens with their unique blend of 60’s Cambodian pop, American surf, and psychedelic rock.
http://www.uclalive.org/event.asp?Event_ID=478
When:
Wed, Mar 12 at 8pm
Where:
Royce Hall
Price:
$46, 34, 22
($15 UCLA students)
Series Subscriptions:
World Music B
World Music A & B
“[Kidjo’s] supercharged pipes have never sounded better, her irresistible energy and joie de vivre never more palpable ... Kidjo reaffirms her global-diva credentials.”—LA Weekly
The electrifying Benin-born, Brooklyn-based vocalist Angélique Kidjo is the most popular female African artist to emerge since her idol Miriam Makeba. Hailed by The New York Times for her “growls and swoops that link African tradition to American soul music,” Kidjo cross pollinations the drum-based grooves of her native West Africa with Euro-pop, R&B, electronica and Latin and Caribbean music to create a potent Afro-funk fusion. Her albums regularly top Billboard’s World Music charts and have garnered four Grammy nominations and ecstatic reviews. She brings her exuberant performance style—which has attracted numerous collaborators, including Carlos Santana, Gilberto Gil and Dave Mathews—to Royce Hall, performing songs from Djin Djin, her new star-studded recording featuring guest performances by Alicia Keys, Joss Stone, Ziggy Marley and Peter Gabriel. Los Angeles’ own offbeat garage band Dengue Fever opens with their unique blend of 60’s Cambodian pop, American surf, and psychedelic rock.
http://www.uclalive.org/event.asp?Event_ID=478
Los Lobos
When:
Fri, Feb 1 at 8pm
Where:
Royce Hall
Price:
$52, 40, 28
($15 UCLA students)
Series Subscriptions:
Roots
A true product of Los Angeles, the music of Los Lobos embodies the many myths and cultures that make up this great metropolis. From the gritty punk strains, Mexican garage rock, and dance hall power ballads of their early work to the soulful urban grooves and sun-bitten twang of their current albums, Los Lobos has defied categorization for more than three decades. Renowned for clean, masterful songwriting, brilliantly showcased on such classic albums as 1984’s How Will the Wolf Survive and 1992’s visionary Kiko, the group continues its road trip along the vast and varied American musical terrain with its latest roots-rock extravaganza, The Town and City. Now, one of America’s truly great rock and roll bands returns to Royce Hall with a program created especially for UCLA Live, to be announced shortly.
http://www.uclalive.org/event.asp?Event_ID=469
Fri, Feb 1 at 8pm
Where:
Royce Hall
Price:
$52, 40, 28
($15 UCLA students)
Series Subscriptions:
Roots
A true product of Los Angeles, the music of Los Lobos embodies the many myths and cultures that make up this great metropolis. From the gritty punk strains, Mexican garage rock, and dance hall power ballads of their early work to the soulful urban grooves and sun-bitten twang of their current albums, Los Lobos has defied categorization for more than three decades. Renowned for clean, masterful songwriting, brilliantly showcased on such classic albums as 1984’s How Will the Wolf Survive and 1992’s visionary Kiko, the group continues its road trip along the vast and varied American musical terrain with its latest roots-rock extravaganza, The Town and City. Now, one of America’s truly great rock and roll bands returns to Royce Hall with a program created especially for UCLA Live, to be announced shortly.
http://www.uclalive.org/event.asp?Event_ID=469
Dood Paard - medEia
When:
Wed-Fri, Sep 19-21 at 8pm
Where:
Macgowan Little Theater
Price:
$32
($15 UCLA students)
Series Subscriptions:
International Theatre Festival 1
International Theatre Festival 2
INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL
Oscar van Woensel with Manja topper and Kuno Bakker
West Coast Premiere
Creating brisk, unconventional works stripped of theatrical pretense, Amsterdam’s trailblazing Dood Paard (Dead Horse) has made its mark in Holland and beyond as a thrilling new voice in contemporary European theater. Told mainly from the perspective of the chorus, this inspired, post-modern take on the ancient Greek tragedy follows the story of a woman so consumed with love, passion and betrayal that she is driven to an unimaginable act of horrifying revenge. Set against a stylishly minimalist backdrop of projected shadows and evocative images, three plain clothed actors assume various roles, alternating between narrator, commentator and the story’s main characters. The poetic, often humorous text is interlaced with lyrics from American and British pop songs (by groups ranging from The Doors and Joy Division to Twisted Sister and Public Enemy) to evoke, like Greek mythology, modern society’s collective memory. A startling and timeless commentary on a woman’s status in a male dominated world!
http://www.uclalive.org/event.asp?Event_ID=444
Wed-Fri, Sep 19-21 at 8pm
Where:
Macgowan Little Theater
Price:
$32
($15 UCLA students)
Series Subscriptions:
International Theatre Festival 1
International Theatre Festival 2
INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL
Oscar van Woensel with Manja topper and Kuno Bakker
West Coast Premiere
Creating brisk, unconventional works stripped of theatrical pretense, Amsterdam’s trailblazing Dood Paard (Dead Horse) has made its mark in Holland and beyond as a thrilling new voice in contemporary European theater. Told mainly from the perspective of the chorus, this inspired, post-modern take on the ancient Greek tragedy follows the story of a woman so consumed with love, passion and betrayal that she is driven to an unimaginable act of horrifying revenge. Set against a stylishly minimalist backdrop of projected shadows and evocative images, three plain clothed actors assume various roles, alternating between narrator, commentator and the story’s main characters. The poetic, often humorous text is interlaced with lyrics from American and British pop songs (by groups ranging from The Doors and Joy Division to Twisted Sister and Public Enemy) to evoke, like Greek mythology, modern society’s collective memory. A startling and timeless commentary on a woman’s status in a male dominated world!
http://www.uclalive.org/event.asp?Event_ID=444
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