TWO PERFORMANCES

Monday, July 22, 2024
Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Performance Works, Granville Island
1218 Cartwright St, Vancouver

Show: 7:30 pm
Box office opens: 6:30 pm
Theatre opens: 7:00 pm

Sliding Scale General Admission Tickets
$20 / $25 / $30 ($15 for children 12 and under)

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About the show:

Between spectacle and meditation, Show On Earth is an intercultural shadowplay for Balinese gendèr wayang – a style of gamelan (traditional ensemble music of the Javanese, Sundanese, and Balinese peoples of Indonesia, made up predominantly of percussive instruments) required for wayang (shadow puppet theatre).

The show will feature music performed by various traditional Gamelan instruments such as the gendèr, suling, and gong, along with non-traditional instruments such as cello, viola, and violin. The music is set to interactive projections and shadow puppetry, all telling a tale based on the evolution of life on Earth.

During the show a dalang (shadow puppeteer) will provide action, dialogue, commentary, song, and incantations interwoven with the music and theatrics.

Here’s a preview of what to expect:

Participants:

Michael O’Neill: composer/musician – gendèr
Andreas Kahre: dramaturge/scenography/puppet design/voice actor
Mark Parlett: dalang/puppet design & construction/musician – suling
Kenneth Newby: projection design/soundscape design
David Prentice: puppet design & construction
Sylvia Zaradic: voice actor
Ann Hepper: gong/administration
Wendy Chen, Kaia Stoesz & Ryan Swaryandana: gendèr
Parmela Attariwala: violin
Sarah Kwok: viola
Sungyong Lim: cello

This show is guaranteed to send you into a fantastical delirium. Treat yourself to a new experience!

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