LA WEEKLY SAYS “GO!” TO “A MESS OF THINGS” AT THE HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL JUNE 18,22,23

A Mess of Things: A New Documentary Musicplay

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 6/17

Adam Tinkle has tried on a bunch of tags for his new intermedia performance piece, “A Mess of Things,” playing 6/18-6/23 at the second annual Hollywood Fringe Festival. He’s called it a documentary music-play, a videographically illuminated radio opera, a looping folk fable of memory, repetition and hoarding. A solo performance featuring audio recordings, live music on saxophone and prepared guitar, songs, text and video, the piece blends the influence of multimedia opera pioneers like Laurie Anderson, sound collagers like the Books and Ira Glass’ This American Life.

LA Weekly drama critic Steven Leigh Morris’ feature article raves, “Among the show’s many virtues was that rarest of qualities we seek, in the theater and in life — authenticity. A man in an undecorated room, telling his truth without fakery or deceit. How often do you find that?” Morris’ Stage Notes review adds, “Tinkle is a stoic yet passionate performer, and his lovely performance is a kind of evocation to the essences of history on the verge of extinction.”
(http://www.laweekly.com/2011-06-16/stage/hollywood-fringe-festival/ , http://blogs.laweekly.com/stylecouncil/2011/06/stage_raw_hollywood_fringe_rev_1.php)

Tickets are $10, or pay-what-you-want: http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/401

RSVP: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=102071266553900

For all press requests, contact Adam Tinkle at 207-653-7827

Fringe Central (ArtWorks Theater)
6585 Santa Monica Blvd.
Hollywood, CA

Shows are:
June 18 11 PM
June 22 3:30PM
June 23 5PM