| Quest: a Tell-Tale of the Heart | X-RoaDS COLlectIVE |
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The Australian premiere of writer/performer Warren Antoine Herbu’s latest work, Quest: a Tell-Tale of the Heart, is the second incarnation of his solo show originally staged in London, coming to the Blue Room Theatre 20 August – 6 September, 2008.
“...the exotic and angular Warren Herbu was a highlight.” – Geoff Gibbs, The West Australian
Awarded Best Male Actor at London’s Act Provocateur Solo Festival in 2007, Herbu returns to his home town of Perth to enchant audiences with a visceral performance that wields its way through a fragmentary parade of short stories and poetry from the arch-priest of gothic horror, Edgar Allan Poe.
The life and work of Poe is shrouded in mystery, madness and the macabre. Herbu uses these themes in a combination of evocative imagery, creative movement, traditional storytelling, and live original music (performed by Elisa Siipola from Jasmine Loop Control), to thread together a tale of terror.
Edgar is a man who lives in a haunted, decaying mansion with nothing but his disturbed memories of the past. When an angel appears and invites him to go on a Quest, Edgar sets out on a mystical journey – filled with strange characters, cryptic clues and worlds real and imagined – into the darkness of his heart and mind.
X-RoaDS COLlectIVE has come together with a commitment to create highly original and whimsical physical theatre that entertains, mystifies, and stirs the depths of the imagination.
This latest incarnation of Herbu’s solo show has been closely workshopped and devised in collaboration with actor/musician Brodie Caporn (The Mozart Faction, What a Man’s Gotta Do), who will make her directorial debut with this production.
Later this year Steven Berkoff, the International patron of the school at which Herbu and Caporn trained – Total Theatre, descends on Perth with his own adaptation of The Tell-Tale Heart. In the meantime, witness local artists X-RoaDS COLlectIVE pay their unique homage to Poe and his classic tale.
The Blue Room and X-RoaDS COLlectIVE present
Quest: a Tell-Tale of the Heart
Venue: The Blue Room Theatre, 53 James Street Northbridge
Dates: 20 August – 6 September
Times: 8pm Tuesday – Saturday
Tickets: Full $22 / Conc. $15
Blue Room Members: Full $18 / Conc. $12
Bookings: (08) 9227 7005 / www.blueroom.org.au
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