WHAT IF THEY WENT TO MOSCOW? A New Take On Anton Chekov's Three Sisters Comes To REDCAT

REDCAT, CalArts' downtown center for contemporary arts, presents the return of Brazilian theater artist Christiane Jatahy's new piece What if they went to Moscow? Thursday, February 21 to Sunday, February 24, 2019. (*Please note the new start time Sunday February 24 is 1:00 pm.)

Total running time for this event is 3:45, as the audience experiences two different versions (one on stage/one on screen) of this 90 minute work, separated by a 45 minute break.

Brazilian director Christiane Jatahy brilliantly merges live performance and filmmaking in what she describes as a "mirror game between theater and cinema." Her wildly acclaimed take on Anton Chekov's Three Sisters imagines the siblings hosting a house party in modern day Brazil--and the piece is seen by two audiences simultaneously, with each group experiencing it twice (in two very different ways.)

One audience is in the theater, which is transformed into a sound-stage occupied by the performers and three hand-held camera operators (one for each sister). At the same time, the other audience watches a beautifully edited live feed in an adjacent screening space, where they witness the director's perspective. After a break, the two audiences trade places, and realize that each version is a very different experience, as the camera captures different moments, perspectives and facial expressions, giving the work a distinctly different tone and meaning.

Critics around the world have called it a "masterpiece" and "a new dramaturgical language."

This is the second piece in a trilogy --Jatahy won rave reviews when REDCAT hosted the first, her version of Miss Julie (Julia), and her unique response to Macbeth (The Walking Forest).

Performed in Portuguese with English supertitles. Go online here: https://www.redcat.org/event/christiane-jatahy-what-if-they-went-moscow Or call the REDCAT box office to purchase at 213-237-2800.

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