This popular perennial showcase of boundary-crossing performance alternatives by the best national and international creators returns for a 14th not-to-be-missed season. Copresented with the Southern Theater.
This popular perennial showcase of boundary-crossing performance alternatives
by the best national and international creators returns for a 14th
not-to-be-missed season. Copresented with the Southern Theater. All
performances are at the
Southern Theater, 1420 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis.
Performing Arts
OUT THERE 14
Richard Maxwell - Boxing 2000
January 10-12
Thurs-Sat, January 10-12, 8 pm / Sun, January 13, 2 pm
"By tearing off theater's mask, [Maxwell] reveals a kind of truth seen all too
infrequently on stage." --The Village Voice
The spirit of Out There is alive and well in Boxing 2000, a new
work by iconoclastic New York creator Richard Maxwell, whose
directorial approach strips theater back to its minimal essentials,
unearthing the poignantly dark humor and emotion that dwells in
the lives of these outer-fringe American figures. Masterfully
shaping silences, deadpan dialogue, and perhaps the most
unusual boxing match ever staged, this oddly compelling
modern-day urban fable offers a slice of life inside and out of the
ring. One of the freshest theatrical innovators working today,
Maxwell is in demand throughout Europe and around the world.
Presented in association with the National Performance Network
(NPN).
Rude Mechs - Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century
January 17-19
Thurs-Sat, Jan 17-19, 8 pm / Sunday, January 20, 2 pm.
"Ever get the feeling you've been cheated?"--Johnny Rotten, San Francisco,
1978
Rock-cultural critic Greil Marcus' book, Lipstick Traces: A Secret
History of the 20th Century, has not only been acclaimed as an
unparalleled celebration of punk rock, but as one of the great
commentaries on radical 20th-century cultural movements. In
this uproarious theatrical adaptation created by Texas-based
performance collective Rude Mechs, Sex Pistols manager Malcolm
McLaren joins manic Dr. Narrator to trace those spontaneous,
outrageous movements in our culture that raised no monuments.
When our guides come to doubt the truth of history, they search
for its alternative, and ask its selling price as a commodity. "A
rock concert for your head . . . loud, defiant, informative, funny,
literate, physical, and quick." Austin Chronicle.
Zuidelijk Toneel Hollandia - Voices
January 24-27
Thurs-Sat, Jan 24-26, 8 pm / Sunday, January 27, 2 pm
"scrupulous, fantastic, diabolical, cynical. . . . Willems' persuasiveness
and the piece itself will leave you stunned." --Theater Heute, Germany
Zuidelijk Toneel Hollandia, among the boldest and most
provocative theater companies to emerge in recent years from
Europe, presents a mesmerizing one-man performance work by
Dutch actor Jeroen Willems. The many faces of power are
revealed in shocking detail in this piece based on texts by Italian
writer-filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini with added material from
speeches by a former Shell Oil chairman. Voices explores the
dark underbelly of globalism with theatrical verve as Willems
portrays distinct characters gathered late at night around a
banquet table, morphing from scientist to high-powered
businessman to stilettoed vamp to God and the devil incarnate.
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OUT THERE 14 Performing Arts
THURSDAYS-SUNDAYS, JANUARY 3-27, 2002, Southern Theater, 1420 Washington
Avenue South, Minneapolis