THEATER GOES TO THE EDGE, STAYS THERE AT UCLA FEST.Byline: Evan Henerson Theater Writer British solo artists tattooing tattooing /tat·too·ing/ (tah-too´ing) the introduction, by punctures, of permanent colors in the skin. tattooing of cornea permanent coloring of the cornea, chiefly to conceal leukomatous spots. themselves on stage, Irish monologuists, 4 1/2-hour adaptations of Doestoevsky novels and the offbeat off·beat n. Music An unaccented beat in a measure. adj. Slang Not conforming to an ordinary type or pattern; unconventional: offbeat humor. creators of ``Shockheaded Peter.'' Uh, honey, I don't think we're in the land of ``The Producers'' anymore. If it's ``out there'' and it's on stage, chances are it's happening at UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX , where the second annual International Theatre Festival kicks off this week at the Macgowan Little Theatre. And if it's at UCLA, it figures to be ``out there.'' What else can you say about a theater festival whose most mainstream offering is an all-male version of Shakespeare's ``Twelfth Night'' direct from Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. ``Everything we did in the first festival was kind of consciously avant- garde,'' admits David Sefton, director of UCLA Live. ``With the Shakespeare, we make a very serious point about great work coming from across the board.'' ``I remember when David first David First (born August 20, 1953) is an American composer. His music most often deals with drones and interference beats, the latter aligning his music with that of Alvin Lucier. mentioned that he was thinking of bringing the Globe,'' recalls Mark Murphy Mark Murphy is the name of two American Football safeties, an ice hockey player, a singer, a Landscape Architect and a philosopher.
``He mentioned it in the sense of how people think he's too out there. 'Wait until next year, when I do the Globe.' Because he loves a well-done classic as much as something that's really adventurous, and it's terrific that he's able to do both.'' ``Twelfth Night Twelfth Night, Jan. 5, the vigil or eve of Epiphany, so called because it is the 12th night from Christmas, counting Christmas as the first. In England, Twelfth Night has been a great festival marking the end of the Christmas season, and popular masquerading parties ,'' directed by Tim Carroll and featuring company artistic director Mark Rylance as Olivia, plays a 15-performance run at the Freud beginning Oct. 22. The festival officially got under way Wednesday with the opening of Marisa Carnesky's ``Jewess Tattooess'' at the Macgowan. As much performance art as theater, Carnesky explores her Jewish heritage and the taboo taboo or tabu (both: tăb  `, tə–), prohibition of an act or the use of an object or word under pain of punishment. associated with tattooing within the Jewish heritage. Carnesky adds a new mark to her already heavily tattooed body with every performance, prompting Sefton to joke that the artist will have to work on a new project before too long, since she has ``a finite available canvas.'' ``This is the one work I hadn't seen when I programmed it, but it came recommended from so many people's opinions,'' says Sefton. ``When I saw her work on video, I realized what everybody was telling me: This is a truly original performer.'' Improbable Theatre's ``Hanging Man,'' and Oscar McLennan's ``Quiet Bastard: The Director's Cut'' follow in mid-October. Berlin's Volksbuhne concludes the festival Dec. 17-19 with the epic ``The Insulted and Injured in·jure tr.v. in·jured, in·jur·ing, in·jures 1. To cause physical harm to; hurt. 2. To cause damage to; impair. 3. ,'' a co-production with the Goethe Institute. ``Germans shouting at each other and chain-smoking for 4 1/2 hours - it will be fantastic!'' says Sefton. ``Definitely not for the faint of heart.'' Evan Henerson, (818) 713-3651 evan.henerson(at)dailynews.com JEWESS TATTOOESS Where: Macgowan Little Theatre, UCLA. When: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 7 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $17 to $30. Call (310) 825-2101. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: An all-male rendition ren·di·tion n. 1. The act of rendering. 2. An interpretation of a musical score or a dramatic piece. 3. A performance of a musical or dramatic work. 4. A translation, often interpretive. of Shakespeare's ``Twelfth Night,'' with a 15-performance run at the Freud Playhouse, is one of the main attractions of the International Theatre Festival at UCLA. |
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