The Fortune Teller
Erik Sanko, creator and director
INTERNATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL
Danny Elfman and Erik Sanko, composers; Gavin Friday, recorded narration
West Coast Premiere
When:
Thu-Fri, Oct 18-19 at 8pm; Sat, Oct 20 at 5, 7 & 9pm; Sun, Oct 21 at 3, 5 & 7pm; Tue-Fri, Oct 23-26 at 8pm; Sat, Oct 27 at 5, 7 & 9pm; Sun, Oct 28 at 3 & 5pm
Where:
Freud Playhouse
Special Venue Seating
Price:
$32
($15 UCLA students)
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“For those souls with a taste for the elegantly macabre, attendance is highly advised.” –The Village Voice
Edward Gorey meets Tim Burton in this deliciously twisted marionette play by former Lounge Lizards bassist and hip New York City puppet maker Erik Sanko. Featuring a grotesque array of 15 artfully handcrafted figures, this dark comic tale unfolds in a fantastic Victorian world as seven characters representing the seven deadly sins convene at a dead millionaire’s estate to claim their inheritance as determined by a fortune teller. One by one, each is delivered what they have coming to them, but perhaps not what they are expecting—a brutal, but suitable, demise. Featuring the gravelly, recorded narration of Irish vocalist Gavin Friday and an eerie score by Sanko and Grammy-winning film composer and former Oingo Boingo frontman Danny Elfman, this sinister puppet theater spectacle is a perverse, but gleeful morality tale for grown-ups.
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