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THEATRE ‘D ART Presents: “Grand Guignol”
THEATRE ‘D ART PRESENTS
“Grand Guignol”
From October 10 to October 26, the classic French horror of Le Théâtre du Grand-Guignol will make its mark on Colorado Springs. Featuring four hand-chosen plays from the legendary theatre, “Grand Guignol” is a violent, brutally sexual, and viciously gory look into uncontrolled horror and an exploration of theatre’s naturalistic ideals. The production will be performed on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays and will begin at 8:00 p.m. The Osborne Studio Theater is located at 3955 Cragwood Drive, near the corner of Union and Austin Bluffs. Tickets will be $10 for general admission, $5 for students with a valid ID, and absolutely FREE for UCCS students. Reservations can be made by calling (719) 264-9476.
What exactly is the Grand Guignol? “Le Théâtre du Grand-Guignol was founded in 1894 by Oscar Méténier, who planned it as a space for naturalist performance,” director Jonathan Margheim explains. “The plays were in a variety of styles, but the most popular and best-known were the horror plays, featuring a distinctly bleak worldview as well as particularly gory special effects in their notoriously bloody climaxes. These plays often explored the altered states, like insanity, hypnosis, panic, under which uncontrolled horror could happen.” The plays selected for “Grand Guignol” involve a man horribly disfigured in an acid attack who “ invites his ex-lover/attacker in for one last request,” a man haunted by his past crimes by a horrible pain in his finger, a sex farce involving some “exotic tastes in locations for intimate rendezvous,” and more. Sex, violence, debauchery—and lots and lots of blood—abound in “Grand Guignol.”
“Grand Guignol” features THEATRE ‘D ART regulars Erick Groskopf and Ariel Baty as well as a slew of newcomers, including long-time THEATRE ‘D ART stage manager TK in her first major acting role. The show also features music composed by BUZZHEAD REPUBLIC (www.buzzheadrepublic.com). “Grand Guignol” will also have Burlesque Nights every Friday! Come early to see Peaks and Pasties perform starting at 7:30pm (http://blendyourlife.com/burlesque.html)
THEATRE ‘D ART was voted Colorado Springs’ best new theater company in 2008 by the Gazette. We specialize in experimental, absurdist and avant-garde theatre–theatre you won’t see anywhere else in Colorado Springs. Founded by Jonathan Margheim and Brian Mann, we can be contacted through email at info@theatredart.org, through our Myspace page at www.Myspace.com/theatredart, or you can visit us at our website www.theatredart.org.
posted 22 September 2008 @ 8:04 by greg » 0 Comments
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It’s official… we’re “media darlings” now.
First, you may have seen us in this year’s “Best of the Springs” edition of the Gazette as “Best New Theatre Company”
Also, check out these two previews on Neil & Feck at the
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Theatre ‘d Art on Springs Culture Cast
The nice people at www.springsculturecast.com did an awesome piece on us recently.
