Teatr Zar - Gospels of Childhood

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
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