If last night's welcome dinner was any indication, this is going to be a CRAZY week!
France and Mexico are in the house. Yo.
Last June, we (and by we I mean Tricklock) took our show Lullabies For My Father to Europe. We performed at the Passing the Flame festival in Belgrade, Serbia. The festival was part of DAH's 20 year celebration and they invited theatre artists from all over the world to come and perform at the festival. It was an amazing experience. There were a ton of incredible performances but the one that really stayed with me was Violetta Luna and SHE IS HERE AT OUR FESTIVAL! Hurrah!
Violetta has two shows. One is about the violence happening in Mexico and the other is about genetically engineered corn. When I read the description in the program I have to be honest, I was like a show about corn? No thanks. I went to the show about Mexico first and I was sobbing at the end of it. It was just profoundly moving.
Of course, after that I had to check out her corn show. I fucking loved it. Violetta plays with elements of clown and bouffon and she is able to do things with her body that I have never seen a human do. It is intense, powerful and shocking. I was sitting on the far side of the audience and there was a moment when almost the whole audience turned away in shock. I love, love, love this sort of thing. I can't wait to see it again.
In September, I went to LA to work the California International Theatre Festival and I had the amazing luck to work a show from France called Roadway Closed to Pedestrians.
OH MY GOD Y'ALL this show is so fabulous. Lilou, Clement and Francois are brilliant acrobats, clowns, mimes and musicians. Their show is so heartwarming and magical. I am beside myself that they are actually here.
Round out the week with 4 beautiful poets, the brilliant Brain Herrera's one man show, an amazing Loren Kahn puppet show and The Reptilian Lounge. This week is unstoppable.
Go to tricklock.com for more information about the shows.
I hope you will be there!
xo
