"Real Time"

The show was very moving and deeply provocative. I experienced it like a piece of complex music... it swept over my senses, building to an unexpected climax of emotion. I choked up a couple times towards the end of the show, surprised to find tears in my eyes. And I was entertained throughout. The actors are free and expressive and extremely talented. The audience seemed to have a lot of fun participating in small ways in the design of the show. I felt as if I were part of something rather than just an observer. I recommend it highly.... full review

(Note: All my reviews are from my personal blog, http://korakaos.wordpress.org) I came to this show because it was free, and so I thought I'd support that, attend, and do a review. I didn't really have any idea what it would be about. I did rather enjoy myself. As I entered, the cast was already performing, jamming with their musical instruments and dancing. There was a guitar and a flute and a drum. The cast was very diverse in appearance and clothing, which I enjoyed. The stage decoration was mostly dominated by a colorful desert-type Native American patterned rug. I enjoyed the feeling of this immediately- already, I knew I was participating in real theatre. Just as real theatre began as a celebration of life with music and dancing ar... full review

Inventive, affecting, indescribable show. I tried to explain this show to a friend last night—what it was like and why I found it so profoundly moving—but I could simply not pin it down long enough to from sentences around it. I'll try again. It's interactive storytelling, deceptively rough in presentation (actors had script in hand, simple props, folding chairs); with disjointed narration, fragments and soundscapes. It's a supremely talented, passionate, beautiful ensemble of people with terrific storytelling skills. It sneaks up on you, this show. It's slightly surreal: with the cast using the entire theater and enveloping the audience in their journey, with multiple languages being spoken (often at the same time) and with people bec... full review