(Le) Poisson Rouge (Venue Partner)
158 Bleecker St
212.505.3474
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"Long Live Père Ubu!" - The Spectacle American
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Sunday Mar 28, 2010 (7pm)
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$22 / $18 advance
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“Cleveland represent! Tonight offers a fantastic sound and sight combo — think of it as 250%DV. The sounds are all Pere Ubu and their influential "avant-garage" music. The sights are also Pere Ubu, with David Thomas incarnating both ma and pa and the band the other roles. Best yet, behind the entertaining theatrics are outsized animations by the Brothers Quay, identical twins whose work with dolls is certified black and brilliant.”
Jason Jude Chan, Flavorpill
7:00pm doors | 8:00pm show
$18 advance | $22 day of show
18+ or accompanied by legal guardian
Seating is limited and not guaranteed; please arrive early.
Pere Ubu was supposed to be an end, not a beginning. Assembled in August 1975 as the Crosby Stills Nash & Young of the Cleveland music underground, the plan was to record one, maybe two singles and exist no more.
The extraordinary Quay Brothers are two of the world’s most original filmmakers. Identical twins who were born in Pennsylvania in 1947, Stephen and Timothy Quay studied illustration in Philadelphia before going on to the Royal College of Art in London, where they started to make animated shorts in the 1970s. They have lived in London ever since, making their unique and innovative films under the aegis of Koninck Studios.
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