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Curious Incident Arrives at the Village Theatre

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Mark Haddon’s novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time quickly became a staple in high school English classes not very long after its publication in 2003. The highly original novel is a first-person narrative mystery told by Christopher Boone, an autistic British fifteen year-old, living in the small town of Swindon. Haddon employed some wonderfully creative devices to help capture Christopher’s unique perspective on his world including illustrations, maps and a batch of entertaining parenthetical observations. Ten years later, playwright Simon Stephens brought the work to London stages using a variety of dramatic techniques to again convey Christopher’s very different take on our world. Flashing strobe lights, mobile blackboards that serve as television screens and some really effective group choreography all help the audience begin to appreciate how autism can affect perception. The Village’s production led by director Jerry Dixon, choreographer Sonia Dawkins and sound designer Brent Warwick successfully meets the challenges of this very demanding script, bringing Christopher’s world alive.

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Here at Home

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Marisol Soledad opened a one-person show at 18th and Union, Here at Home, as part of the Springshot festival. The highpoint was her costume, which demonstrated that with a little big of imagination, an effective costume can be put together on a low budget. I think the basic idea, was that she was trying to present her clown persona as a bird. Her costume and her physicality certainly were effective in suggesting that.

However, she used a funny squeaky voice in this interactive show which drew on mime, storytelling, humming Edith Piaff’s La Vie en Rose and a bit of TV Talk Show type questions. Some people liked it. It was amusing in part but, in my opinion, as she seemed to be a talented performer, I was disappointed by the lack of form and structure. There just was not enough to hold audience’s attention for a full hour.

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AGUE: A Body Horror at 18th and Union

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One of the seven shows as part of Springshot A gue, (noun a fever or shivering fit,) opened this past weekend at 18th and Union. Written and performed by José Amador, it tells the tragic tale, which we hear so often in contemporary times: that of being laid-off, loosing health-care benefits, slowing sinking from couch-surfing to homelessness, while being seriously ill without health insurance.

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Une Heure de Tranquillité-French Language Theatre Production

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Michel just can’t get a break

The Eastside French Language Theatre & Improv Company, Les Seagulls, will present their third show, Florian Zeller’s Une heure de tranquillite, directed by Sebastien Plisson. former comedian at “La DBoussole” in San Francisco. Following last year’s Le Prènom, Tranquillité (Do Not Disturb) is the third show in the Seattle area produced by Les Seagulls. The cast consists of members of the French expat community: Jonathan Garcia, Melissa Kordahi, Katya Samoylenko, Jérôme Vasseur, Nicolas Moreau and Cédric Barnet.

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