Since 2004, Walking Shadow Theatre Company has been the area’s premier provider of historical drama: Hatchet Lady, Carrie Nation, Angel Of Destruction (19th century U.S.); Marie Antoinette (18th century France); Gross Indecency, The Three Trials Of Oscar Wilde (19th century…
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The River by Walking Shadow Theatre Co. performing at Open Eye Theatre
One encounters: poetry in the theater, and poetry of the theater. In Jez Butterworth‘s The River (Walking Shadow Theatre Co., performing at Open Eye Theatre) there is a lot of the former. Pretty writing. Long set speeches. Memories, spun out…
The Christians by Walking Shadow Theatre Co., performing at Mixed Blood Theatre
The evangelical subculture and the heightened theatrics of megachurch gatherings are ripe for parody; so much so that audiences have come to expect satire or comedy whenever a story is set therein. So it’s unexpected—and refreshing—when a text treats those…