This show is so great. I’m not even kidding. I’m so sick of defending mime to those of you for whom mimes are nothing more than the punchline to some lame joke. So please just go see this show.
This is billed as an homage to Kirsten Stephens’ and Dean Hatton’s late master Marcel Marceau, and the majority of the program is made up of pieces that are directly borrowed from or heavily influenced by Marceau. The last piece on the program, however, is a piece developed solely by Stephens and Hatton. It was so sweet and strange and funny that I kind of wish they had done less homage and more original work.
Things to look for: An out of body experience, a car chase, a depressive street performer, the soundtrack to Run Lola Run, and necrophilia.
Four solid gold stars for this show, maybe even five if you’ve never seen mime before.
SWF
