Helene Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 I saw Defoort's and Goerger's "Germinal" last night, also with Ondine Cloez and Araud Boulogne at On the Boards (Seattle). There are three more performances, tonight and tomorrow at 8pm and Sunday at 5pm. I'm not quite sure what "Germinal" is, aside from delightful. What I did see was a fascinating window into the way people think in and out of the box, even when there aren't obvious constraints. Besides, how many delightful theater pieces will anyone see where an actor takes a pick-ax to the stage? The trailer linked from this page suggests that it's more musical throughout than it actually is, but a lot of the spoken dialogue (with subtitles) is not as excerptable: http://www.ontheboards.org/performances/germinal This page has a time-lapse video of how the stage was constructed: http://www.ontheboards.org/blog/germinal-otb-builds-set-germinal-crew If you have a chance to see it -- an email from On the Boards said OtB is the last stop on the American tour -- go. Link to comment
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