The Portrait The Wind The Chair

Shaking The Tree **Photo credit: David Kinder**
October 23 - November 14, 2009

Summary:

Lucy and Terroba become stranded in Grandma's "creepy" old house, with phone lines dead and trees falling nearby because of the wind. It doesn't help that Grandma Minnie, who recently passed away, is staring at Lucy from her portrait on the wall and that Grandma's favorite chair seems to be alive.

Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act

Shaking the Tree
February 4 - 15, 2009

Review by peanutduck

Edenic visual symbolism strong: Flesh – purity, then defeat, pride; clothing - expulsion into Apartheid’s confines; Frieda’s (Amanda Soden) white skin – incomprehension of Errol’s (Shuhe Hawkins) journey between light and dark. Idea-laden text somewhat obscured by accents (woe untrained ear); emotional transitions jerky. Left acknowledging, white-skinned, I will never wholly understand.

Grimm Tales

Shaking the Tree
December 12 - 21, 2008

Summary:

Come see your favorites: Hansel & Gretel, The Golden Goose, and Ashputtel (Cinderella). Find out what happens to the young prince when he follows a wild man into the forest - in Iron Hans, or how a brave Lady rescues her prince from a Dragon Princess - in The Lady and the Lion.

I Never Saw Another Butterfly

Shaking the Tree/Story Soup
December 6, 2008

Summary:

The story takes a look at the lives of the children who passed through Terezin concentration camp as seen through the eyes of one little girl, Raja. When Terezin was liberated in May 1945, only about one hundred children were alive to return to what was left of their lives.

The Story of the Tiger

Shaking the Tree: StorySoup
October 4, 2008

Review by peanutduck

For $15 I got delicious Cuban-inspired bean soup (thanks Meat Cheese Bread) and, while digesting, the opportunity to watch Matt Haynes somersault after nursing from the tittery of mama tiger. Haynes’ strengths – focus, commitment to story, physical exploration - paired well with Dario Fo’s bizarre, hilarious take on Chiang Kai-Shek's defeat.