In “The Soldier’s Tale”, opening at The Aurora on Nov. 11th, the Narrator (l, L. Peter Callender) advises the Soldier (c, puppeteered by Muriel Maffre) during a card game with the Devil (r, Joan Mankin) In “The Soldier’s Tale”, opening at The Aurora on Nov. 11th, the Narrator (l, L. Peter Callender) advises the Soldier […]
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Aurora: 20 years at heart of Berkeley’s cultural life
Ken Grantham and Kimberly King discuss their "daughter" (Carrie Paff, rear) in "A Delicate Balance". Photo: David Allen Edward Albee was in the audience for the opening night of “A Delicate Balance” at the Aurora Theatre earlier this month. He stood up at the play’s end, joining many others to give the actors a standing […]
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Aurora’s Metamorphosis: a black farce that might bug you
Gregor (front, Alexander Crowther) runs from his father (r. Allen McKelvey) as his sister Grete and mother (c. l-r, Megan Trout, Madeline H.D. Brown) look onPhoto: David Allen By Niclas Ericsson What does one do when a close family member one day turns into a man-sized insect? Invite him to join you for dinner and […]
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Berkeley picks from 54th San Francisco Int’l Film Festival
Yugoslav film takes center stage in "Cinema Komunisto" The 1950s may be known as ‘The Golden Age of Television’, but my personal golden age of boob tubery came a little bit later. At the age of eight I was transported from a country with three television channels (all of which seemed to spend as much […]
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Aurora’s “Eccentricities” highlights universal themes
Reverend Winemiller (r, Charles Dean) talks to Alma (l, Beth Wilmurt) about her mannerisms in the hopes that she does not become her mother (c, Amy Crumpacker) Photo: David Allen Tennessee Williams is best known for his plays A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, but it was a character in […]
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Fat Pig: does size matter?
“Fat Pig”, Neil LaBute’s play which has just opened at the Aurora in Berkeley, will undoubtedly have you laughing and squirming with discomfort in equal measure. At issue is society’s attitude to plus-size women and LaBute, predictably, pulls no punches in the script which has a young man struggling to handle his own feelings and […]
