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Apr 07, 07
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It's all fun and games untill somebody ODs.
I was reading the paper last week and found this intersting review for a Rave depicting play put on by a Vancouver cast. Personally, I am actually interested in seeing this live version of "Go" take place. If anyone is intersted please let me know. On another note, the things Jerry Wasserman has to say in review of this play are also an entertaining read. What are your views?
120bpm where: secret warehouse near 1st and Main when: to April 20 tickets: $15 for instructions call 604-622-8482 or Up in The Air Theatre Society home  Here is the article: Ok, how square am I? My very use of the word "square" probably tells you. Maybe I should say "unhip" - but that's probably even more square. Squarer.Anyway, here's the truth: I've never been to a rave. Until now. Upintheair Theatre's 120bpm is aimed in part at people like me. Set in a warehouse above a body shop, the play recreates a rave with a DJ providing the incessant 120 beats per minute of electronic music that drives the dancing. The bottoms of my feet are still buzzing. A character called Professor (Frano Marsic) gives us first timers a lesson on The Three Pillars of the Rave Community:House Music, Dancing and Drugs. Another character Foster (Kyle Jespersen), a newbie from the 'burbs attending his first rave, gets instructions from the veteran ravers that help enlighten us too. But the play also speaks to an audience of twenty-somethings familiar with rave culture. They recognize themselves in the characters, and laugh at things I dont get, share with the actors a nostalgia for like, five years ago, when they were all 18 and naive like the characters. What really surprised me was how dark and pessimistic the play turns out to be. But first, You have to phone ahead and find out where to meet. There you get a map to the secret, illegal venue. The play begins in the line up on the staircase, where Foster tries to get in without paying, "I know the DJ!" Initially, the rave seems a healthy alternative to mainstream society, "a haven for freaks and strangers" where geeky kids can express themselves unselfconsciously on the dance floor. They include spinny Pixie (Sara Bynoe) in halter top and fairy wings, intense Hero (David Patrick Flemming), his ex-girlfriend Ange (Caitlin Frary) and three "death ravers" in black. Everyone is supportive of each other and there's a lot of hugging. There's also a lot of drugs, mainly ecstacy, but also pot and coke, even crystal meth. It soon becomes clear that the real point of the rave for these badly messed up kids is to get utterly wasted. Drug-fuelled trance dancing for hours does nothing to fill the emptiness in their lives. It's all just fun untill somebody ODs. The uneven script, co written by directors Daniel Martin and David Mott, successfully exposes the failures of rave culture to live up to its own ideals, but draws all the charcters with a depressing sameness. The venue is cool but has terrible sight lines. Strong performances by Flemming and Jespersen anchor a prety good ensemble. For us squares this is a rave without risk. No one will ask you to dance. But you might be asked if you want Vick's on your nipples. jerry.wasserman@vancouverplays.com Last edited by MissMarz; Apr 07, 07 at 03:05 PM. |
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Sounds like a neat Show. I'd go.
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hmm. i'd like to check out this play. sounds kinda cool
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Apr 07, 07
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ill-esha and i went to this the night it opened... worth ever penny i paid for it, and its fukin funny... i'd pay another $15 to see it again
http://fnk.ca/board/f8/coffee-lounge/120-bpm-206251/ |
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really!? sweet. i'm def going |
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^^ i told josh and kristine last night that they absolutely have to see it too.. josh will love it i know...
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Apr 08, 07
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the fnk field trip! lol
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Apr 08, 07
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down tempo is about that isn't ? and come on, this play is based on rave scene 10 years ago.. music then was WAAAY different, and what would ravers 10 years ago know about electronic music? lol jk jk
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Apr 08, 07
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Good find Marz... this looks quite entertaining. I will have to attend this show. Glowsticks and soothers seem in order.
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Apr 09, 07
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I want to see this!!
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