NIGHTMARICOMIO

EXAMINER.com review: http://zombiejoes.homestead.com/2014/NIGHTMARICOMIOatTheatreAsylum/The_Examiner_Review_of_NIGHTMARICOMIO_CROPPED_GIF.gif "Nightmaricomio delivers where so many others have failed" "a breath of fresh air and a spectacle to behold" "I was thoroughly impressed" "The Fringe is the perfect time to experiment and bring ground-breaking works to the public" "an incredible cadre of performers" ... full review

Nightmaricomio: First Fringe Offering From a Fringe Theatre Group By Steven Sabel - LA Bitter Lemons http://losangeles.bitter-lemons.com/2014/06/23/nightmaricomio-first-fringe-offering-from-a-fringe-theatre-group “We wanted to be scrappy and young – on the edge like the Fringe is all about" “It’s very organic and primal to fit the Fringe spirit.” "The theater group served as hosting entity for this year’s LA Weekly Theater Awards" "ZJU is constantly rehearsing shows back to back, and currently has six shows in production or pre-production" "As long as people keep coming, we will keep doing what we do" ... full review

Nightmaricomio: First Fringe Offering From a Fringe Theatre Group By Steven Sabel - LA Bitter Lemons http://losangeles.bitter-lemons.com/2014/06/23/nightmaricomio-first-fringe-offering-from-a-fringe-theatre-group “We wanted to be scrappy and young – on the edge like the Fringe is all about" “It’s very organic and primal to fit the Fringe spirit.” "The theater group served as hosting entity for this year’s LA Weekly Theater Awards" "ZJU is constantly rehearsing shows back to back, and currently has six shows in production or pre-production" "As long as people keep coming, we will keep doing what we do" ... full review

The Geek Authority review http://zombiejoes.homestead.com/NIGHTMARICOMIOreviewbyTheGeekAuthority.html "A Charmingly Haunting Sweet Spot at the Center of the Hollywood Fringe" "they creep around the theatre both in light and dark" "A rhythmic journey" "odd, spooky and filled with a rhythmic backbeat" "You have to see it to believe it!"... full review

David Zahir Blue review http://zahirblue.blogspot.com/2014/06/nightmaricomio-review.html "feel the attraction of having your brain pulled a little outside its usual box" "Nightmaricomio turns out very Dionysian indeed, possibly the most such I've ever seen" "the players become animals, become trees or forces of nature" "Kevin Van Cott is a musician on stage and arguably his skills as a drummer will win your applause" "needs experiencing rather than explaining" ... full review

I caught this show as a sneak preview last Thursday at the Asylum Theatre Lab. No one is doing theatre like this, anywhere else. It's a full-on, in the round, interactive experience. The audience loved it. I wouldn't be surprised if it's up for some awards. The experience is different for each audience member, so I highly recommend you coming out and trying the Nightmaricomio experience for yourself. ... full review

If you haven't seen a ZJU show this is a must experience, because is that.. an experience, nothing like you have experience before on a theater. A lot of movement, live music and a journey that will let you talking about it. ... full review

If movement and drums aren't your thing, don't come to a show like this- but since I love them, I am grateful to have seen it. Even my friend, who never sees this stuff, liked it. It reminded me of ancient, primal theatre- I feel that is where the plot may even have started, but as for plot, I think everyone may have a different interpretation of that. Mine had it go from that ancient place and wend its way up through humanity, as we try to evolve. I was also trying to interpret the costumes within the scope of this- they did a good job, I think, creating something that needn't be attached to any current culture, which was an issue on my mind- how can we celebrate cultures without disrespecting them? Do we need to create new culture? I... full review