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1 Quandary Place
Abundance
ADVENTURES OF A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER
Barroom Philosophers
Border Crossings
Class Notes
Embarrassment & Death
The Falls of Vincent Millay
Found and Lost: Goals for 2002
Frisco Fred's Cabaret!
Fuck You Cancer
Great Hymn of Thanksgiving / Conversation
Storm
The Hasheesh Eater
Heavy Metal Playground
HER KIND: The Life & Poetry of Anne
Sexton
i hate my friends
Jesus Rant
Kiss My Booth
Korean Badass
Low Hanging Fruit
Monkey Poet Stand-Up!
Organic Boxed Chicken Stock
parts is parts:
Party of One
RM3
The Sewers
Shopping as a Spiritual Path
Spotless
Stetson Manifesto
A Strange Black Passion
Super Glossy!
TeleMongol
Terrible Voice
Tesla's White Pigeon
Turn of the Screw
You Go First
Play: Great Hymn of Thanksgiving/Conversation Storm
Reviewer: Dan Carbone
5 Stars
These guys are the REAL DEAL! A trio of astonishing performers. If you want
to see something that actually IS experimental, with some sort of deep depth,
rather than the lame, faux stuff that gives Avant-garde theatre a bad name
in this town, THESE ARE THE FELLOWS TO SEE! I'd give 'em 10 Stars but the
damned thing only goes to 5! Beefheart, John Cassavetes, Firesign Theatre,
Godard, Fassbinder, John Cage and Edgard Varèse all rolled into one
big ball of wax! Bravo Gentleman!!
Play: Great Hymn of Thanksgiving /
Reviewer: Eryka Fraczek
5 Stars
Far and away the most sophisticated piece of cutting edge theatre I've seen
here or elsewhere. The musical score and improvised instrumentation speaks
volumes dramatically of life in a war zone. The following dialogue moves
in intermittent linear/nonlinear cadence to drive home multiple points of
reality. It's light years ahead.
Play: Great Hymn Of Thanksgiving/Conversation Storm
Reviewer: Courtney
5 Stars
I have seen this show three times in total (twice in Minneapolis last year).
I will leave the typical labels behind that one might choose to give this
piece of theatrical art and just say that if you don't have this show in
your Fringe schedule, GET IT THERE. Your mind will be blown. For the first
half of the hour, The Nonsense Company creates an eerie symphony of sounds
and music from common household cutlery, liquids, violin bows (oh, the whipping
- incredible) along with two actual instruments - only one, the triangle,
used in its traditional fashion. And the other awesome thing is they are
reading sheet music! How does one transcribe this orchestra onto paper?
I have no idea, but you are on the edge of your seat, enjoying the genius
in the moment while simultaneously wondering what's coming next. In the
second half of the hour, we are treated to the "conversation storm,"
a hilarious and scary commentary on our nation's hypocritical and circumstantial
torture polic!
y. The concept might turn people off, but TNC really brilliantly constructs
both sides of the argument pretty diplomatically (and artistically)... you'll
have to watch to see how frightening it gets. I love a show that makes me
uncomfortable. DO NOT MISS THIS SHOW.
Play: Great Hymn of Thanksgiving / Conversation Storm
Reviewer: H.P. Mendoza
5 Stars
"THE...UHH..."
I was working the cafe when Amanda and Ted, independently of each other, told me that I had to see Great Hymn / Conversation. Both Ted and Amanda told me different reasons for loving it. So, of course I'm pumped up.
The show exceeded what pumped up expectations I already had.
Great Hymn of Thanksgiving is a heady symphony of industrial noise. It will shake you, take your breath away, and send chills up your spine...for better or for worse (two rows in front of me, I watched a woman, who was enjoying the show, but shuddering every time a fork was used to make a certain noise). This was the show that Ted had to tell me about.
Conversation Storm is a rapid fire exploration / demonstration of the way torture can be rationalized. With allusions (not FA-llujians..har har, I kill me...) to WTC (1993) and Abu Ghraib, this linear / non-linear flurry was the perfect thing to see just days before the anniversary of 9/11.
Great Hymn of Thanksgiving / Conversation Storm is the one of the most exhilirating experiences you can treat yourself to. At the end of the show, composer Rick Burkhardt walked out and said "If you like this show...well, I don't know if 'like' is the appropriate word..."
I *loved* it. Agree with Mia. Brilliant.
HP
Play: Great Hymn of Thanksgiving / Conversation Storm
Reviewer: Mia Paschal
5 Stars
Brilliant.
Play: Great Hymn of Thanksgiving / Conversation Storm
Reviewer: Sparticus
4 Stars
The begining brings an interseting piece over a table where the 3 create
an odd but facinating musical and perfectly timed piece overpowering the
voices and discussion. it then progresses to the second piece where the
3 are involved in discussion over the dinner table taking the topic of torture
based on a scenario to its extreme, all the time moving backwards and forwards
in timeline of the evening.
Well worth seeing but not for the kids.