Event
Boojum!
- Date: Sunday, 28 November 2010, 3pm
- Venue: Storefront Theater — 66 East Randolph St, Chicago, United States
- Tickets: USD25 general admission; USD15 for seniors and students; — Tickets can be purchased online
Event Details
“For the Snark was a Boojum, you see,” sets the stage for this fun-filled romp through the mind of writer Lewis Carroll. Part existential musical theatre and part fantasy adventure story, this riff on Carroll’s epic poem ”The Hunting of the Snark” examines the psychological life of Reverend Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, the man behind the Lewis Carroll pen name. As his poem warns, “catching Snarks is all well and good, but if your Snark is a Boojum, you will softly and suddenly vanish away.” But while the hunting party moves towards its fateful catch, they discover with Carroll and his Alice that Nothing is quite what it seems. Caffeine Theatre and Chicago Opera Vanguard collaborate on the US stage premiere of this hit Australian musical.
'A zesty hybrid of cabaret theater and contemporary opera — with a book and score by Martin and Peter Wesley-Smith, two immensely talented brothers based in Australia...' (Chicago Sun-Times)
'Gloriously inventive and long overdue!' (Chicago Tribune)
Further information for this event is available online at the event's website
Featured Australian Works
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| Boojum! : nonsense, truth and Lewis Carroll (1977) by Martin Wesley-Smith and Peter Wesley-Smith — performed by Caffeine Theatre and Chicago Opera Vanguard |
Featured artists
- Performer Chicago Opera Vanguard
- Performer Caffeine Theatre
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