09-12 January 2008

ODE TO THE MAN WHO KNEELS

Tickets: 20

In a town called Grid, balladeers compete for the affections of beautiful women.

Ode to the Man Who Kneels is an anti-style musical about the violent quest for love and the latest work from OBIE Award winner Richard Maxwell. One of the truly original voices to emerge from New York’s experimental theatre scene in recent years, Maxwell has been described as “the deadpan guy”. Stripped of affectation, the speech and mannerisms of the characters in his plays and musicals may seem unusually pokerfaced but the end results are unexpectedly lyrical and often hilarious.

Ode to the Man Who Kneels has just finished a critically acclaimed run at New York’s Performing Garage. Here’s a selection of reviews – New York Times, Time Out New York, The New Yorker, The Village Voice.

Irish Press Reviews “awkwardly funny and mystifyingly involving” Irish Times

Written, Composed and Directed by RICHARD MAXWELL

Sets and Lighting SASCHA VAN RIEL

Costumes TORY VAZQUEZ

Dramaturgy TOM KING

With: JIM FLETCHER (the Man Who Stands), ANNA KOHLER (the Woman Who Waits), EMILY CASS MCDONNELL (Juny), GREG MEHRTEN (the Man Who Kneels) and BRIAN MENDES (the Dashing Man)

Music performed by RICHARD MAXWELL and SCOTT SHERRATT

Co-producers, Belluard Bollwerk International, Arsenic, Auewirleben, Buda Kunstencentrum, Grütli Theater and Kunstencentrum Vooruit. Accomodation partners

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