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The Brick Theater, Inc. presents a Gemini CollisionWorks production of
NECROPOLIS #1&2:
World Gone Wrong/Worth Gun Willed
written, designed and directed by Ian W. Hill
Saturday, August 4 and 11
Thursday, August 9 and 16
Friday, August 10 and 17
and Sunday, August 12 at 8.00 pm
matinee: Saturday, August 18 at 4.00 pm
The sheer size, scope and ambition of Ian W. Hill’s vision in World Gone Wrong dazzles and boggles. Who does this guy think he is . . ? . . . laugh-out-loud hilarious, the way the first episodes of Twin Peaks were . . . theatre that delights and challenges and jolts even as it prods and pokes at its audience . . . ultimately form and content collide and then reinforce one another, creating a theatrical experience as dense as it is unique.
-- from Martin Denton’s review of the 2005 production at nytheatre.com
Against the constantly changing backdrop of projected black-and-white stills, the cryptic mix of wisecracking wordplay, melodramatic excess and metaphysical world-weariness achieves a breathtaking effect, amplified by moments of recognition . . . stunning style and tour-de-force text . . .
– from Jessica Branch’s review of the 2005 production in Time Out New York
A world where the leaders lie, cheat, steal and murder. A world where Art and Science and Beauty and Reason are no longer valued. A world where survival means selling out, and trying to do the “right thing” means failure as a human being. A familiar place? Yes, of course, it is the fictional, 1940’s world of film noir, nothing like our own present world at all, right? Right? Or has noir come true, and we’re all living in a world gone wrong?
Combining a cast of 21 in precision choreography with slides and an entirely pre-recorded collage soundtrack, World Gone Wrong (as the long-titled show is known for short) is a celebration of the ability to stay true to, and fight for, one’s own convictions in a land where “moral values” is just a mask that hides greed, hatred, fear, backstabbing, and lies. World Gone Wrong is a film noir pastiche-play consisting of dialogue from over 150 noirs, as well as quotes from our current U.S. Administration and other pertinent sources, combined into an original spellbinding, semiabstract, dreamlike tale of corruption, betrayal, and revenge.
As with all productions in the NECROPOLIS series, this production is primarily made up of collaged text from the original source materials and is performed “dubbed,” with all dialogue, sound effects, and music prerecorded and played behind the actors, who enact it as a complex, choreographed movement piece.
The cast of World Gone Wrong includes Gyda Arber, Aaron Baker, Olivia Baseman, Danny Bowes, Jai Catalano, Rebecca Collins, Bryan Enk, Stacia French, Ian W. Hill, Christiaan Koop, Mateo Moreno, Roger Nasser, Robert Pinnock, Iracel Rivero, Yvonne Roen, Jessica Savage, Alyssa Simon, Ken Simon, Adam Swiderski, Sammy Tunis, and Art Wallace. World Gone Wrong is an Equity-Approved Showcase.
Production and publicity photos from the 2005 production of World Gone Wrong – featuring the actors returning in this production – may be found at:
http://flickr.com/photos/geminicollisionworks/tags/wgwaugust2007/
105 minutes – no intermission
NECROPOLIS #1&2:
World Gone Wrong/Worth Gun Willed
written, designed and directed by Ian W. Hill
Saturday, August 4 and 11
Thursday, August 9 and 16
Friday, August 10 and 17
and Sunday, August 12 at 8.00 pm
matinee: Saturday, August 18 at 4.00 pm
The sheer size, scope and ambition of Ian W. Hill’s vision in World Gone Wrong dazzles and boggles. Who does this guy think he is . . ? . . . laugh-out-loud hilarious, the way the first episodes of Twin Peaks were . . . theatre that delights and challenges and jolts even as it prods and pokes at its audience . . . ultimately form and content collide and then reinforce one another, creating a theatrical experience as dense as it is unique.
-- from Martin Denton’s review of the 2005 production at nytheatre.com
Against the constantly changing backdrop of projected black-and-white stills, the cryptic mix of wisecracking wordplay, melodramatic excess and metaphysical world-weariness achieves a breathtaking effect, amplified by moments of recognition . . . stunning style and tour-de-force text . . .
– from Jessica Branch’s review of the 2005 production in Time Out New York
A world where the leaders lie, cheat, steal and murder. A world where Art and Science and Beauty and Reason are no longer valued. A world where survival means selling out, and trying to do the “right thing” means failure as a human being. A familiar place? Yes, of course, it is the fictional, 1940’s world of film noir, nothing like our own present world at all, right? Right? Or has noir come true, and we’re all living in a world gone wrong?
Combining a cast of 21 in precision choreography with slides and an entirely pre-recorded collage soundtrack, World Gone Wrong (as the long-titled show is known for short) is a celebration of the ability to stay true to, and fight for, one’s own convictions in a land where “moral values” is just a mask that hides greed, hatred, fear, backstabbing, and lies. World Gone Wrong is a film noir pastiche-play consisting of dialogue from over 150 noirs, as well as quotes from our current U.S. Administration and other pertinent sources, combined into an original spellbinding, semiabstract, dreamlike tale of corruption, betrayal, and revenge.
As with all productions in the NECROPOLIS series, this production is primarily made up of collaged text from the original source materials and is performed “dubbed,” with all dialogue, sound effects, and music prerecorded and played behind the actors, who enact it as a complex, choreographed movement piece.
The cast of World Gone Wrong includes Gyda Arber, Aaron Baker, Olivia Baseman, Danny Bowes, Jai Catalano, Rebecca Collins, Bryan Enk, Stacia French, Ian W. Hill, Christiaan Koop, Mateo Moreno, Roger Nasser, Robert Pinnock, Iracel Rivero, Yvonne Roen, Jessica Savage, Alyssa Simon, Ken Simon, Adam Swiderski, Sammy Tunis, and Art Wallace. World Gone Wrong is an Equity-Approved Showcase.
Production and publicity photos from the 2005 production of World Gone Wrong – featuring the actors returning in this production – may be found at:
http://flickr.com/photos/geminicollisionworks/tags/wgwaugust2007/
105 minutes – no intermission
