Miracle Theatre bring Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat's Cradle to London.

Miracle Theatre is bringing one of Kurt Vonnegut’s best-loved novels, Cat’s Cradle, to the London stage this April.
By: The Vine
 
March 4, 2009 - PRLog -- Adapted and directed by Bill Scott, this is the first UK theatre adaptation of the 1960’s cult classic, which will be playing at The Courtyard Theatre, Hoxton from 7-25 April.  

Author of American counterculture classics such as The Sirens of Titan (1959), Slaughterhouse-Five (1969) and Breakfast of Champions (1973), Kurt Vonnegut used fantasy and science fiction to examine the horrors and absurdities of the 20th Century. In Cat’s Cradle, he takes a satirical look at our obsession with Modern Science, which promises progress while in reality bringing about the end of the world. It is perhaps even more relevant today than when it was first published in 1963.  

In this thought-provoking and entertaining production, Cornwall’s Miracle Theatre (http://miracletheatre.co.uk/08/) takes Vonnegut’s satirical wit and sharpens it with their hallmark mix of comedy, physical theatre, film, animation and music. Fans of the novel will enjoy the ingenious way in which the ‘shameless untruths’ that lie at the heart of the enigmatic Bokonon’s home-made religion are shared with the world.

“For this production we have employed techniques more usually seen on the big screen to bring this fast moving story to the stage,” says Miracle’s Artistic Director Bill Scott.  “Our creative team has worked together on several film and theatre productions, evolving a process that uses video, model-making, blue screen and digital animation and integrating them seamlessly into live performance.  Cat’s Cradle has a unique cinematic style.”

Miracle Theatre has been touring lively, inventive and very popular shows throughout the country for 30 years. Audiences are promised an evening of exciting and extraordinary visual theatre, which will take them on what The New York Times described as ‘an unforgettable ride’ to the Caribbean island of San Lorenzo.

http://thecourtyard.org.uk/whatson/54/cats-cradle

‘Live by the harmless untruths that make you brave and kind and healthy and happy.’                                   Kurt Vonnegut

‘Vonnegut is George Orwell, Dr Caligari and Flash Gordon compounded into one writer...a zany but moral mad scientist.’                 Time Magazine

“As enjoyable as it is ambitious.” British Theatre Guide

“Beautifully understated Miracle magic . . . an ingenious and thoughtful adaptation.’ Western Morning News

Tuesday 7 April to Saturday 25 April 2009 @ 8 pm
THE COURTYARD THEATRE 40 PITFIELD STREET, HOXTON, LONDON, N1 6EU
Box office: 0870 163 0717 or http://www.thecourtyard.org.uk/whatson/54/cats-cradle
More information www.thecourtyard.org.uk or www.miracletheatre.co.uk.

Photo credit: Kirstin Prisk

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Promo Images available on request.
Please contact Annie or Louise on miracle- at - actcornwall.org.uk or 01209 216762 for high res copies and interview opportunities
More information on Miracle Theatre at http://www.miracletheatre.co.uk
Notes to Editors:
The 2nd anniversary of Kurt Vonnegut’s death will be on 11 April 2009.
Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company, Appian Way, optioned the film rights to Cat’s Cradle in 2005.

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Since it began life in Cornwall in 1979, Miracle Theatre Company has developed a reputation for exciting new writing and popular adaptations of classic works: the shows are witty, highly physical and entertaining. Miracle’s work is collaborative, bringing together artists, actors, musicians, writers and makers from around Cornwall to create theatre with a unique comic style, a joyful use of language, and an immediate visual appeal.
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Source:The Vine
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