Imagine a play without words. . . . .
The Silent Theatre Company in association with The Journeymen Theater Company present L U L U /// Conceived and Directed by tonika todorova, adapted from the LULU plays by Frank Wedekind.
LULU follows the escapades of the unbearably sexy Lulu, who causes men and women alike to destroy themselves while pursuing the maddening passion she inspires. LULU presents its story in complete silence. It takes the silent film genre, combines with German expressionism, and portrays it on stage to accent with gesticulation and body language what words sometimes fail to express.
"The Silent Theater Company of Chicago is dedicated to the idea that the theater doesn't need the spoken word, which it proves with panache in its first production, Lulu, an ingeniously staged version of the Louise Brooks 1929 silent film Pandora's Box. " -- New York Times
Coming straight from the New York Fringe Festival and premiering in San Francisco on Thursday, September 7th at 8:00pm at Victoria Theatre (located at 2961 16th St.) Performances will run Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays @ 8:00pm and Sundays @7:00pm through September 17th, 2006. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, September 12th, 13th and 14th, Silent Theatre will present its world premiere of Vaudeville! @ 8:00pm.
All tickets for LULU are $20 and are available through the box office @ 415/863-7576 or www.victoriatheatre.org. For further information, including a trailer with intertitles, please visit www.silenttheatre.com
".... dreamlike.... luscious.... highly effective... bona-fide knockout." - Chicago Tribune
The Silent Theatre Company in association with The Journeymen Theater Company present L U L U /// Conceived and Directed by tonika todorova, adapted from the LULU plays by Frank Wedekind.
LULU follows the escapades of the unbearably sexy Lulu, who causes men and women alike to destroy themselves while pursuing the maddening passion she inspires. LULU presents its story in complete silence. It takes the silent film genre, combines with German expressionism, and portrays it on stage to accent with gesticulation and body language what words sometimes fail to express.
"The Silent Theater Company of Chicago is dedicated to the idea that the theater doesn't need the spoken word, which it proves with panache in its first production, Lulu, an ingeniously staged version of the Louise Brooks 1929 silent film Pandora's Box. " -- New York Times
Coming straight from the New York Fringe Festival and premiering in San Francisco on Thursday, September 7th at 8:00pm at Victoria Theatre (located at 2961 16th St.) Performances will run Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays @ 8:00pm and Sundays @7:00pm through September 17th, 2006. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, September 12th, 13th and 14th, Silent Theatre will present its world premiere of Vaudeville! @ 8:00pm.
All tickets for LULU are $20 and are available through the box office @ 415/863-7576 or www.victoriatheatre.org. For further information, including a trailer with intertitles, please visit www.silenttheatre.com
".... dreamlike.... luscious.... highly effective... bona-fide knockout." - Chicago Tribune