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TEATR BIURO PODRÓZY CARMEN FUNEBRE (FUNERAL SONG) WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10-14, 2003, 8 PM, $28 $28 ($23 WALKER MEMBERS) NEW GUTHRIE THEATER SITE: CORNER OF SECOND STREET SOUTH AND 10TH AVENUE SOUTH, MINNEAPOLIS |
"One of the most compelling pieces of theater I have ever seen . . . a theater of the people, who collectively had used their powers of invention to stun us, no matter what the difference in language."--Evening Standard, U.K.
A stirring outdoor performance experience, this monumental physical
theater work from Poland's Teatr Biuro Podróz. y uses
masked figures on stilts, fire, searchlights, spectacular sets, few words,
and a chilling sound score to depict the horrors of armed conflict and
the dreams of people displaced during wartime. Based on the testimonies
of victims of the Bosnian conflict, Carmen Funebre employs the
power of the night to tell the universal story of war and the human tragedy
that inevitably accompanies it. Performed in English and Polish. Copresented
with the Guthrie Theater. Note: This general admission performance, during
which the audience stands, is 70 minutes long and takes place rain or
shine.