Fringe News
Fringe News
the red light district’s unresolved moral ambiguities present:
the marquise of O—
(a tabloid story for hypocritical times)
(after the short story by heinrich von kleist).
created by lauren gillis & ted witzel.
playing at the factory theatre mainspace, august 6-16, as part of the 2015 summerworks festival.
show times:
thursday august 6 @ 8:15pm
saturday august 8 @ 9pm
monday august 10 @ 4:15pm
tuesday august 11 @ 6:30pm
friday august 14 @ 4:15pm
saturday august 15 @ 7pm
sunday august 16 @ 1:45pm
tickets are $15 and available at summerworks.ca.
the story:
the marquise of O— is pregnant, but doesn’t know how it happened. was it the immaculate conception or an ordinary sex crime? she puts an ad in the newspaper to find out.
in this new performance, based on the dubiously comedic and at any rate rather awkward short story by heinrich von kleist, tell-all TV segment inexplicably meets period drama as the red light district explores the tenuous relationship between truth and appearance, in a tabloid world of bleeped-out events and identities, lots of blushing and falling down, kantian metaphysics, a very important horsey-mask, some barfing, and ‘really great guys’ who just happen to be —.
oh yeah, there’s a “great romance” too, if you’re the sort of person who’s into that.
adapted & directed by lauren gillis & ted witzel. set concept by camie koo. costumes by amanda wong. sound by christopher stanton. video by wesley mckenzie. production managed by christopher ross & amanda wong. performed by kaleb alexander, rong fu, tyler hagemann, richard partington, g. kyle shields, & eve wylden.
the marquise of O— was originally developed through harbourfront centre’s HATCH residency.
Photo: Rong Fu as the Marquise. ©2015 Alejandro Santiago.
2015-07-23
SummerWorks: the marquise of O–