Polish Play, Vatzlav by Slawomir Mrozek

[Steve]

Date: December 9 - 20, 2009
Time: 8:00 - 10:00 pm
Location: Studio 16, 1555 W 7th Ave, Vancouver, BC
Website: http://www.theatreintheraw.ca/tickets.html

Theatre In the Raw Society presents...Vatzlav by Slawomir Mrozek

Directed by Jay Hamburger
Music by Earle Peach

Starring: James Behenna, Paul Beckett, Sindy Angel, Maria Lakes, Serge Saika, Kevin Sloan, Dean Hoover, Emily Rowed, Jay Hamburger, Jameson Trenholm, Olivier Oudry, Jane Tian and Steven Charlton

2009 Dates & Show-Times for Vatzlav:
December 10, 11, 12 - 8 pm Curtain (7:30 pm doors)
and December 16, 17, 18, 19 - 8 pm Curtain (7:30 pm doors)
Matinees: Sun December 13 & 20 - 2 pm Curtain (1:30 pm doors)
2-for-1 Specials: Sun Dec 13 and Wed Dec 16
Preview: Wed December 9 - Pay-What-You-Can - 8 pm Curtain

General Ticket Prices for Vatzlav are:
Adults: $20 and Students/Seniors $15
Evening Shows 8pm (doors open 7:30pm)
Matinee Shows 2pm (doors open 1:30pm)

• Purchase your Advanced Tickets online at
http://www.theatreintheraw.ca/tickets.html
($1 service charge applies)

• Advanced Tickets also available at:

People's Co-op Bookstore
1391 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, BC
604-253-6442
http://www.peoplescoopbookstore.com

• Box Office Reservations: 604-708-5477

And as always,
Tickets at the door, as available - so, come early!

• About Vatzlav by Slawomir Mrozek...

Bears et al Unveiled in Vatzlav

Liberty consists of the power to do whatever does not injure others. So says Vatzlav amidst a striptease act meant to entice the masses.

Former New York Times writer, Mel Gussow describes this play as "a three-ring circus of a comedy, cataloguing the injustices - and the sheer craziness - of civilization."

See a bear-man, a burlesquing Justice, a blood-sucking wealthy Bat couple, and a pleading Oedipus Rex all encountering a washed-up Everyman rogue slave determined to outwit them all.
"Destiny you want me to be free…" continues Vatzlav and the adventure begins.
This absurd frolicking production has something for everyone. Vatzlav, by playwright Slawomir Mrozek is a fast paced tragic-comedy that examines the survival strategies of the vulnerable versus the corrupt and controlling.

Censored for the better part of fourteen years, in Eastern Europe, this performance is a fitting tribute to the 20th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the work of one of Poland's best-known and beloved short story writers and satirists.
Presented by Theatre In the Raw Society - the grassroots professional company behind the success of the sold-out "Bruce - The Musical" from the 2008 "Heart of the City Festival."
Don't miss the action from the company that has been "Exposing voices seldom heard", since 1994.

[drumweaver]

Don't Miss this one folks... it's a complete riot!!!! I laughed my head off... it's like a live cartoon with all the wonderful characters - very well cast with great acting... produced by Vancouver's own Theatre In the Raw... Check it out - runs next week again starting wednesday... http://www.theatreintheraw.ca/tickets

This play is a great farce, a satire, and at the same time a sparkling, funny and original creation. During his travels and adventures in a mythical land Vatzlav meets Mr. and Mrs. Bat, a capitalistic couple feeding on the blood of the people: their forty-year-old boy, who becomes a bear and incites the folk to rebellion; the naive and beautiful Justine, who plays the role of Justice and who believes that babies are conceived by the mind; General Barbaro and his army of liberation; the wily peasants, Quail and Sassafras; the self-proclaimed Genius, who seeks to bring justice to an unjust world & Oedipus Rex, the self-important, blind spy and guardian of the law.

A brilliant black comedy!

[Steve]

Wow. Sounds like a riot. Thanks for the insights...