guest post by mikl-em
New York theater group Banana Bag & Bodice performed an extended run of their original show BEOWULF: A Thousand Years of Baggage (A SongPlay) in Berkeley in the summer of 2008 to rave reviews.
For one night in January, the show will be back in the Bay Area, once again produced by the Shotgun Players for one night only at the Berkeley Rep’s RODA theater.
The show is based on the Old English epic poem Beowulf, adapted into a rock opera (or “SongPlay”, as the BBBers call it) with all original music and a live band on-stage. Below are a couple pictures from this past summer’s production:
Go here for ticket information. There are 700 seats and it will sell out.
This performance benefits the upcoming New York production of the show at The Abrons Arts Center in April 2009. The cast includes both New York and Bay Area performers, under the direction of BBB veteran Rod Hipskind.
More stuff:
- Reviews of this summer’s performances,
- Last year’s writeup on BBB’s show The Sewers
- Beowulf the poem online
- Other Banana Bag & Bodice plays
Here’s the King Hrothgar song, sung by King Hrothgar who is played by Dave Malloy who is the composer of all the music for the ShowPlay:
photos by Jessica Palopoli
Here Are A Few Related Posts You Might Enjoy:
- Banana Bag & Bodice in The Sewers
- The Sewers by Banana Bag and Bodice at SF Fringe Festival
- Beowulf: A Thousand Years of Baggage
- Dada Comes to Berkeley — Shotgun Players Take Ubu to the Park
- Cellfoam, A Banana Shaped Cover For Your Cell Phone
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The show on January 8th in Berkeley is completely sold out, so Banana Bag & Bodice have added a special performance in San Francisco on Friday, Jan 9th at Chez Poulet, details and tickets ($20) available here:
http://shotgunplayers.org/beowulfroda.htm
Space is limited. Starts at 8pm, so you can still get to the benefit for Big Daddy too.