HEY, HEY!!! COME SEE MY NEW SHOW, "WORLD GONE WRONG," OPENING ON AUGUST 4TH! TICKETS ARE CHEAP! THE CONCEPT IS COOL AND ORIGINAL! I'M IN IT!!! IT'S IN WILLIAMSBURG, WHICH MEANS IT'S SLIGHTLY HIPPER THAN MOST OFF-OFF BROADWAY THEATRE! I LOVE NACHOS! (details below. About the show, not my nacho love.)
NECROPOLIS 1&2:
WORLD GONE WRONG/WORTH GUN WILLED
A world where the leaders lie, cheat, steal and murder. A world where Art and Science and Beauty and Reason are no longer valued. A world where survival means selling out, and trying to do the "right thing" means failure as a human being. A familiar place? Yes, of course, it is the fictional, 1940's world of film noir, nothing like our own present world at all, right? Right? Or has noir come true, and we're all living in a world gone wrong?
Combining a cast of 21 in precision choreography with slides and an entirely pre-recorded collage soundtrack, "World Gone Wrong" (as the long-titled show is known for short) is a celebration of the ability to stay true to, and fight for, one's own convictions in a land where "moral values" is just a mask that hides greed, hatred, fear, backstabbing, and lies. "World Gone Wrong" -- returning to The Brick after its popular and acclaimed run there in 2005 -- is a film noir pastiche-play consisting of dialogue from over 150 noirs, as well as quotes from our current U.S. Administration and other pertinent sources, combined into an original spellbinding, semiabstract, dreamlike tale of corruption, betrayal, and revenge.
As with all productions in Hill's continuing NECROPOLIS series (of "dubbed stage elegies for dead or dying art forms of the 20th Century"), this production is primarily made up of collaged text from original source materials and is performed "dubbed," with all dialogue, sound effects, and music prerecorded and played behind the actors, who enact it as a complex, choreographed movement piece.
Designer/director Ian W. Hill has, with his company Gemini CollisionWorks, created 50 productions in NYC since 1997, including world premieres of plays by Richard Foreman, Mark Spitz and Eugene Ionesco. He is the former artistic director of the Nada Classic theatre and co-produced several acclaimed festivals at that space, and is now the facilities manager of The Brick
WORLD GONE WRONG
written, designed and directed by Ian W. Hill
Starring Gyda Arber, Aaron Baker, Olivia Baseman*, Eytan Bayme, Danny Bowes, Jai Catalano, Rebecca Collins*, Bryan Enk, Stacia French, Ian W. Hill, Christiaan Koop, Mateo Moreno (he's super sweet...), Roger Nasser, Iracel Rivero, Yvonne Roen*, Jessica Savage, Alyssa Simon*, Ken Simon, Adam Swiderski, Sammy Tunis, and Art Wallace.
* member AEA -- "World Gone Wrong" is an Equity-Approved Showcase
Saturday, August 4 and 11
Thursday, August 9 and 16
Friday, August 10 and 17
and Sunday, August 12 at 8.00 pm
matinee: Saturday, August 18 at 4.00 pm
Location: , The Brick "575 Metropolitan Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn"
one block from the Lorimer stop of the L train / Metropolitan stop of the G train
all tickets: $10.00 -- available at the door (cash only)
or through TheaterMania -- 212.352.3101 or at Ticketmaster.
Running Time: 105 minutes - no intermission
Reviews:
The sheer size, scope and ambition of Ian W. Hill's vision in "World Gone Wrong" dazzles and boggles. Who does this guy think he is . . ? . . . laugh-out-loud hilarious, the way the first episodes of Twin Peaks were . . . theatre that delights and challenges and jolts even as it prods and pokes at its audience . . . ultimately form and content collide and then reinforce one another, creating a theatrical experience as dense as it is unique.
-- from Martin Denton's review of the 2005 production at nytheatre.com
Against the constantly changing backdrop of projected black-and-white stills, the cryptic mix of wisecracking wordplay, melodramatic excess and metaphysical world-weariness achieves a breathtaking effect, amplified by moments of recognition . . . stunning style and tour-de-force text . . .
- from Jessica Branch's review of the 2005 production in Time Out New York
NECROPOLIS 1&2:
WORLD GONE WRONG/WORTH GUN WILLED
A world where the leaders lie, cheat, steal and murder. A world where Art and Science and Beauty and Reason are no longer valued. A world where survival means selling out, and trying to do the "right thing" means failure as a human being. A familiar place? Yes, of course, it is the fictional, 1940's world of film noir, nothing like our own present world at all, right? Right? Or has noir come true, and we're all living in a world gone wrong?
Combining a cast of 21 in precision choreography with slides and an entirely pre-recorded collage soundtrack, "World Gone Wrong" (as the long-titled show is known for short) is a celebration of the ability to stay true to, and fight for, one's own convictions in a land where "moral values" is just a mask that hides greed, hatred, fear, backstabbing, and lies. "World Gone Wrong" -- returning to The Brick after its popular and acclaimed run there in 2005 -- is a film noir pastiche-play consisting of dialogue from over 150 noirs, as well as quotes from our current U.S. Administration and other pertinent sources, combined into an original spellbinding, semiabstract, dreamlike tale of corruption, betrayal, and revenge.
As with all productions in Hill's continuing NECROPOLIS series (of "dubbed stage elegies for dead or dying art forms of the 20th Century"), this production is primarily made up of collaged text from original source materials and is performed "dubbed," with all dialogue, sound effects, and music prerecorded and played behind the actors, who enact it as a complex, choreographed movement piece.
Designer/director Ian W. Hill has, with his company Gemini CollisionWorks, created 50 productions in NYC since 1997, including world premieres of plays by Richard Foreman, Mark Spitz and Eugene Ionesco. He is the former artistic director of the Nada Classic theatre and co-produced several acclaimed festivals at that space, and is now the facilities manager of The Brick
WORLD GONE WRONG
written, designed and directed by Ian W. Hill
Starring Gyda Arber, Aaron Baker, Olivia Baseman*, Eytan Bayme, Danny Bowes, Jai Catalano, Rebecca Collins*, Bryan Enk, Stacia French, Ian W. Hill, Christiaan Koop, Mateo Moreno (he's super sweet...), Roger Nasser, Iracel Rivero, Yvonne Roen*, Jessica Savage, Alyssa Simon*, Ken Simon, Adam Swiderski, Sammy Tunis, and Art Wallace.
* member AEA -- "World Gone Wrong" is an Equity-Approved Showcase
Saturday, August 4 and 11
Thursday, August 9 and 16
Friday, August 10 and 17
and Sunday, August 12 at 8.00 pm
matinee: Saturday, August 18 at 4.00 pm
Location: , The Brick "575 Metropolitan Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn"
one block from the Lorimer stop of the L train / Metropolitan stop of the G train
all tickets: $10.00 -- available at the door (cash only)
or through TheaterMania -- 212.352.3101 or at Ticketmaster.
Running Time: 105 minutes - no intermission
Reviews:
The sheer size, scope and ambition of Ian W. Hill's vision in "World Gone Wrong" dazzles and boggles. Who does this guy think he is . . ? . . . laugh-out-loud hilarious, the way the first episodes of Twin Peaks were . . . theatre that delights and challenges and jolts even as it prods and pokes at its audience . . . ultimately form and content collide and then reinforce one another, creating a theatrical experience as dense as it is unique.
-- from Martin Denton's review of the 2005 production at nytheatre.com
Against the constantly changing backdrop of projected black-and-white stills, the cryptic mix of wisecracking wordplay, melodramatic excess and metaphysical world-weariness achieves a breathtaking effect, amplified by moments of recognition . . . stunning style and tour-de-force text . . .
- from Jessica Branch's review of the 2005 production in Time Out New York
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Congrats on the show!! Will you be in anything around Christmas?
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