Theatre C Brings Back Immersive Homage To Queer Identity

By: Nov. 05, 2018
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Theatre C announces upcoming reprise of their immersive production,RETRO FACTORY 1983. The event is just a week away (November 9th) and we would love for Broadway World to share it with your readers!

Theatre C is best known for vibrant theatre through the fusion of different forms of expression; blurring the line between disciplines and cultures.

The inaugural 1983 production kicked off NYC Pride Week this past June, and through pop-up experiential performances,they transported its audience to the legendary gay dance parties that The Pyramid Club held during the 1980's.

Due to popular demand, Theatre C is remounting the event, giving audience members another opportunity to experience "queered" recreations of iconic music videos from that era that include A-Ha's "Take On Me" and Madonna's "Vogue", helmed by top choreographer, Breton Tyner-Bryan.

Theatre C was founded in 2009 to move audiences and open minds by creating vibrant theatre that mixes the seemingly un-mixable.Theatre C exists to create vibrant theatre through the fusion of different forms of expression. Led by Artistic Director, Carlos Armesto,Theatre plays, musicals and events that meld puppetry and burlesque, video and dance, acrobatics and installations, hip hop rock and salsa, and more. Blurring the line between disciplines and cultures, the company is a part of the next stage in theatre's evolution.

The overall intent is to move audiences and open minds. They are best known for their debut show - JesseZaritt'sDance piece BINDING, which earned them three Innovative Theatre Awards in 2010.Armesto was lauded asBest Director from The Star Ledger for their production of THE WHO'S TOMMY.COTTON CANDY AND COCAINE was developed at Are Nova as part of its 2014-2015 Uncharted Series.

RE-VISIT:RETRO FACTORY 1983

November 9, 2018 9:30pm - 4:00am

Bedlam Bar NYC

40 Avenue C, New York, NY

$10 - $40

For tickets and more information, go to:http://revisit1983.eventbrite.com



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