HERE Arts Center
145 6th Ave
Entrance on Dominick St, 1 Block South of Spring St
212.647.0202
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Oh What War
- When
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Sep 10, 2008 – Oct 4, 2008
Wednesdays–Saturdays (7:30pm)
(schedule) - Where
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Directions: C,E to Canal; 1 to Canal or Houston
- Price
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$18
- Links
Note:
There's no performance on Saturday, September 27, but an extra show takes place on Tuesday, September 23 (7:30pm).
Juggernaut Theatre Company's Oh What War is unflinching political theatre. Inspired by Joan Littlewood's 1960s musical Oh! What a Lovely War, the production features a group of warped, shell-shocked deserters living in a muddy underground camp beneath a no-man's-land. The soldiers relate their personal experiences of wartime horrors through darkly comic songs, grotesque banter, and startlingly poetic speeches. Projected battlefield images from WWI and a soundtrack of distorted noise and voiceover narration from historical sources add context to the weird, disturbing mix. Juggernaut's anti-war message may not be new, but its multimedia delivery feels fresh.
