December 12, 1997
CONTACT: Shirley Hulett, 619) 594-5204
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SDSU To Present World Theatre Festival for Young Audiences
WHAT: San Diego State University Department of Theatre presents the SDSU Theatre of the World Festival. Four plays for young audiences from around the ; two performed by SDSU students, plus a Fringe Festival of mimes, jugglers, dancers, music food, books, art exhibitions and more.
WHEN:
Friday, January 30, 6 p.m.
Saturday, January, 31, 9:30 a.m.
WHERE: San Diego State University’s Don Powell and Experimental Theatres. Park without charge during the Festival in Parking Structure 2 or Lot J on Hardy Avenue between 55th Street and Campanile Drive.
COST: $12 all-day Saturday pass, or $6 per play.
SCHEDULE:
Friday, January 30
6 p.m. Bush Whispers
7:30 p.m. This is Not a Pipe Dream
Saturday, January 31
10 a.m. Cirque Du Monde*
11:30 p.m. Amazwi Omoya*
1 p.m. Bush Whispers*
2:30 p.m. This is Not a Pipe Dream*
4 p.m. Bush Whispers
5:30 p.m. This is Not a Pipe Dream
7 p.m. Amazi Omoya
GENERAL and TICKET INFORMATION: (619) 594-6884
(619) 594-5091.
*Signed for the hearing impaired
Descriptions of productions attached
SDSU PRESENTS THEATRE OF THE WORLD
FESTIVAL OF PLAYS FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES
Amazwi Omoya
An international premiere by the popular South African performing artists Ellis Pearson and Bheki Mhwane. The show is a fun-filled mix of mime acrobatics, and sound effects. It tells the story of the land of the birds where a shortage of food and nests creates problems. After many mishap, an unusual bird brings harmony.
Pearson and Mkhwane, popular performers in their native land, are known for combining education with outrageous physical humor. A special feature is regular abuse of the audience –bombarding theatre-goers with water or toilet rolls. Pearson and Mkhwane are crowd pleasers at the annual Fesitval of the Arts in Grahamstown, South Africa.
Cirque Du Monde
The circus of the world is dazzling, imaginative show which captures the magic of life. It will be presented by students from the Kellogg Center of the Performing and Visual Arts in Chula Vista.
This is Not a Pipe Dream
This award-winning play is a celebration of art and imagination. The story, an unorthodox and comic adventure in theatrical form, is based on the early life of the surrealist Belgian artist, painter Rene Magritte. The production performed by SDSU students and co-directed by Dr. Maggi McKerrow, director of the Theatre for Young Audiences Program at SDSU, and Sheila McDougal, who trained with Anne Bogart in the Vewpoint Theory.
Bush Whispers
The secrets held by the southern African landscape are the sources for an imaginative theatre piece which spans the ancient world, the world of nature and the new world of conflicting interests. Actors, dancers, singers and musicians explore mythology, history and art.