Past Event
Apr 09—13, 2014
Lebensraum (Habitat)
Jakop Ahlbom / From The Netherlands
Director Jakop Ahlbom combines theatre, mime, dance, music and the world of illusion in this knowing nod to Buster Keaton. With a supremely gifted cast and the band Alamo Race Track, Lebensraum (Habitat) is a classic that is as fresh as the paint on their faces.
Two men, one tiny room. That’s just about all this remarkable live-action silent movie needs to create a joyful, surprising and virtuosic evening of theatre. That, and the doll they’ve conscripted for cleaning duties. But this doll has a mind of her own, and soon a merry mayhem descends. With a knowing nod to Buster Keaton, creator Jakop Ahlbom along with a supremely gifted cast and the band Alamo Race Track have fashioned a classic that is as fresh as the paint on their faces.
Info
Venue
Emerson Paramount Center Robert J. Orchard Stage
559 Washington Street Boston, MA 02111
“They depict, through language signed and spoken… the sensory content of their lives, in which touching and being touched assume paramount importance.”
— Ben Brantley, The New York Times
“A compelling, idiosyncratic and joyous theatre experience.”
— Lyn Gardner, The Guardian
“One of the most remarkable, most humbling and most profoundly affecting theatrical experiences you will ever have.”
— Georgina Brown, The Mail on Sunday