Artistic Fraud

[Norman Armour]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


A magical theatrical experience

Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland's Under Wraps: A Spoke Opera

Vancouver audiences will have their first opportunity to experience a
stunning new theatrical style that has taken east-coast audiences by storm
when Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland's Under Wraps: A Spoke Opera comes to
the Vancouver East Cultural Centre in February.

Under Wraps is, on the surface, a story of unrequited love between a gay
man and his straight best friend. That's on the surface. But what about the
sixteen-person chorus under a huge sheet of parachute cloth? This
shape-shifting chorus functions as set, musical accompaniment, and as the
hero's conscience, repeatedly mocking his motivations in this funny,
vibrant, and visually stunning show.

Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland's Artistic Director, Jillian Keiley, has
created a startlingly original staging style called kaleidography, which
transforms the entire cast and stage into a unified image of patterns and
shapes, constantly flowing into new images as smoothly as if one were
looking through a kaleidoscope. The basis of the concept is a precisely
timed grid style of choreography that has a central rhythmic structure on
which all sight and sound are based. The resulting symphony of colour,
movement and sound can only be described as theatre at its most spectacular.

Under Wraps is a collaboration between playwright-performer Robert Chafe,
composer/musical director Patricia Bromley, and director Jillian Keiley,
who in 1997 was awarded the Canada Council's prestigious John Hirsch Prize
for innovation in theatre directing.

Under Wraps is co-presented by the Vancouver East Cultural Centre and
Rumble Productions, and runs at the Vancouver East Cultural Centre Tuesday,
January 25 to Saturday, January 29. Following the performance on Wednesday,
January 26, director Jillian Keiley and the cast will invite audience
members behind the scenes for  a closer look at their techniques. Advance
tickets are available through the Ticketmaster network at 280-3311 or
www.ticketmaster.ca. Under Wraps is also part of the VECC's 3-show pack.
Call Ticketmaster for more information.


Under Wraps: A Spoke Opera
January 25-29, 2000 $24/18
Vancouver East Cultural Centre
1895 Venables Street (at Victoria)
Tickets: 280-3311 or http:www.ticketmaster.ca
co-presented by the Vancouver East Cultural Centre
http://www.vecc.bc.ca/cal.htm and Rumble Productions
http://www.rumble.org/season.htm

For more info on Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland:
http://www3.nf.sympatico.ca/firstlight/artisticfraud/index.htm

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