One of Europe's most innovative contemporary arts groups, Oslo-based Verdensteatret will bring audiences into a highly experimental audiovisual installation that goes far beyond the boundaries of conventional performance. Last winter, Verdensteatret sailed up the Mekong Delta, the same river that plays the veins and arteries around the heart of darkness in Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now. Inspired by their journey, louder is a symphonic collage of music and visual art: massive video projections of the Vietnamese countryside play as Soviet-era megaphones hurl sound in all directions. Gaping puppet jaws chase flocks of small metal figures across the room. An enormous mechanical spider looms over the scene. Verdensteatret uses sculptural scenography, mesmerizing generators of sound, and technological relics of a bygone era to create a spectacular universe that unites concert, art, and theate.

Concept, Design, and Direction: Asle Nilsen, Lisbeth J. Bodd, Håkon Lindbäck, Piotr Pajchel, Ali Djabbary, Marius Kjos, Mara Oldenburg, Petter Steen, Christian Blom, Bergmund Waal Skaslien, Elisabeth Gmeiner, Hai Nguyen Dinh, Christina Peios, Rune Madsen, Trond Lossius Pajchel.

The production of louder was made possible in part by support from Arts Council Norway and The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

"louder stands as an ultimate artistic reflection of modern times, and a voyage through theatre technology and cultural history which pulls at the nervous system of the world" -Elin Høyland, Morgenbladet, Norway

September 11th (thursday), September 12th (friday), September 13th (saturday)
10pm each night @ Festival Bar, 626 North 5th Street, Philadelphia, PA USA

$15 for bowerbird members
(save 40% off the $25 general admission price)

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