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“At turns surreal, nightmarish, comic and unnerving and so absorbing that you hardly have time to wonder what it all means.” – The Independent, UK
Jan 21–23 8pmPerformance WorksMatinee Jan 23, 4pm
Post-show talkback Jan 22, led by Ilena Lee Cramer
Running Time 70m
Performers
Maxim Isaev, Pavel Semchenko, Natalia Shamina Sound Design
Nick Sudnik, Andrey Sizintsev Lighting Design and Management
Vadim Gololobov Video Installation
Oleg MykhailovAkhe’s White Cabin is a multimedia work that treats audience members to non sequitur sequences of dream-like impressions, with influences from the Russian silent film tradition and shadow and object theatre. Filled with absurd, inspired, bizarre and often touching “events,” it is part dream, part chaos and part variety show of fantastic images. With the fury of a mad but methodical scientist, the actors create a series of clownishly macabre scenes that make use of everyday items such as a French baguette, white filter cigarettes, rope, red wine, Hubba-Bubba chewing gum, shredded newspapers, candles, whiskey and a bouquet of white flowers.
“This is a real cat’s cradle of a show—complex, baffling, difficult—but it is impossible not to be caught up in the puzzle. It draws you in and constantly surprises you with its playfulness and terrible despair... Dizzying, dense and immensely satisfying, it is worth wrestling with.” – The Guardian, UK
Winner of Russia’s prestigious Golden Mask Award, Akhe is a cult icon in the Moscow and St. Petersburg independent arts scenes and a significant influence in the European theatre world. Rooted in visual art and underground culture, this unique theatre company is well known for their unconventional “Russian Engineering Theatre” performances.
www.akhe.ru
Tickets Advance $24/30; at door $26/32
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Related postings on PuShing It: The PuSh Festival Blog
November 16, 2009 - PuSh 2010 Curatorial Statement: Akhe's White Cabin
January 24, 2010 - White Cabin: The beautiful aftermath
Links
View scenes from White Cabin on YouTube
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