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as Part of the 1st Los Angeles Physical Theatre Festival, [via] Corpora presents "A Very Grand Guignol Christmas" by ANDRE DE LORDE'S GRAND GUIGNOLERS DE PARIS at Art|Works Theatre
blood . absinthe . tiny naughty puppets
Le Théâtre du Grand Guignol was once known as “the greatest horror show on earth.” Enter the underworld of 1930’s Paris: horrific and erotic, unsettlingly sophisticated and morally dubious. It is a world where retribution is taken to an unimaginably gruesome extreme.
ANDRE DE LORDE'S GRAND GUIGNOLERS DE PARIS are returning to Los Angeles with their “Theatre of Laughter and Terror,” in a new enthralling performance of the age-old Grand Guignol favorite, The Laboratory of Hallucination written by one of the Grand Guignol’s most influential playwrights and operators, André de Lorde. The 1930s speakeasy-like atmosphere will feature an absinthe demonstration prior to showtime. The violent farce, These Cornfields by Georges Courtleline and les petits guignolers (gory finger puppets) serve up the final nog and misteltoe for the patron's evening's bill.
The Laboratory of Hallucinations depicts a determined scientist who performs torturous experiments on the brains of his patients, invoking pain and terrible hallucinations before enacting the ultimate revenge on his wife’s lover.
These Cornfields is a highly physical farce wherein a tempestuous couple, the Cornfields, violently fight through their innocent guest, Herring, escalating the evening to mayhem.
Be terrIfied as the Grand Guignolers (‘big puppets’) come to life! Laugh until it hurts as the silent Master of Ceremonies artfully guides you through this strange world! Try not to faint as the les petits guignolers desperately ravage themselves in full Holiday cheer!
True to form, a resident doctor may be employed to treat the numerous spectators unaccustomed to a performance of such explicit violence and blood-curdling terror, a performance that terrifies and titillates the spectator through a mixture of horror, laughter and the erotic. A typical evening’s entertainment by the Grand Guignolers reveals the sophisticated exploitation of the audience’s fears, taboos and desires, inevitably featuring eye-gouging, throat-slashing, acid-throwing, or some other equally grisly climax.
Co-produced and Presented by [via]Corpora. Co-Produced/Directed by Debbie McMahon. Performed by Kevin Dulude, Ramy Eletreby, Ruthie Frank, Jeremy Guskin, Gary Karp, Debbie McMahon, Dani O’Terry, Michael Serwich, and Tina Van Berckelaer.
[via]Corpora, a Performance Research & Development Center [via]Corpora, an extension of not-for-profit Los Angeles based theater collective ARTEL, is a center designed for performers and non-performers alike who desire to deepen their experience of the world and their expressive abilities. Through classes and workshops participants explore individually as well as collectively the connections between breath, rhythm, alignment, coordination, voice, intellect, emotion and spirit. Our goal is to build a community of participants based on Joy and Play in which all can discover and share their insights into body-mind perception and expression. Performance Research and Development Center, is the heart of [via]Corpora. While extending our research into non-performance related applications, the bulk of worksessions offered at the center are designed to provide training to the Los Angeles community of actors and performers based on physical approaches to the craft.
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