To You, The Birdie (Phedre)

Archive Listings for To You, The Birdie (Phedre)

T638423025 (WOOSTER02) Producer Lift. Producer The Wooster Group. Producer Riverside Studio. Director Elizabeth LeCompte. Performer Willem Dafoe. Performer Kate Valk.
9 May 02 to 23 May 02	Riverside Studios, Outer London :: V331 listing details L02048379472

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Play :: Based on Paul Schmidt's translation of Racine's Phedre. To You, The Birdie splices Racine's tragedy of violent passions and moral crisis with a movement language mixing the choreographic styles of Martha Graham and Merce Cunningham with the sport of badminton. The result is a soap opera of windows and reflections, confessions and confrontations set in a mobile landscape of tracks, sliding panels and omnipresent monitors and cameras.