Improbable Theatre photo: Keith Pattison

Performing Arts IMPROBABLE THEATRE THE HANGING MAN TUESDAY*-THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7-9, 2003, 8 PM, $25 ($20) FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2003, 7 AND 10 PM, $30 ($24) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2003, 2 PM (audio described) AND 8 PM, $30 ($24) THEATRE DE LA JEUNE LUNE, 105 NORTH FIRST STREET, MINNEAPOLIS *SAVE BIG: TWO-FOR-ONE OPENING-NIGHT TICKETS FOR WALKER AND JEUNE LUNE MEMBERS. A CAST/AUDIENCE PARTY FOLLOWS THIS PERFORMANCE.

"It is eclectic, tacky, gloriously messy, self-consciously theatrical and full of surprises, whether it is a sudden trapdoor descent or a collision of high and low culture. Here the intensely spiritual and meditative sits side by side with the exorcist and disco glitter balls." --The Guardian, U.K.

England's supremely inventive ensemble theater troupe (Shockheaded Peter, 70 Hill Lane, Spirit) returns to the Twin Cities with the tragicomic story of Edward Braff, an architect who dreams of building a great cathedral but ends up suspended between heaven and hell. Planted among the beams, ropes, and pillars are a peculiar troupe of performers who tell the tale of the hapless hanging man, his unrealized potential, and his hopeless--and hilarious--struggle to earn his death. Coproduced by the Walker Art Center, the West Yorkshire Playhouse, the Wexner Center for the Arts, the Lyric Hammersmith, and Wiener Festwochen. Copresented with Theatre de la Jeune Lune.




SUPPORTED IN PART WITH FUNDS FROM THE ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION'S MULTI-ARTS PRODUCTION FUND, THE DORIS DUKE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, THE WALLACE FOUNDATION, THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS, AND THE BRITISH COUNCIL.