FireFlow

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BackStage West Review December 8, 2004	LA Weekly Review December 10-16, 2004

Bottom's Dream presents the World Premiere of
FireFlow: Two Tales from Andersen
"Matcher in the Nigh" (The Little Match Girl)
and
"Blister" (The Story of a Mother)
by Erik Ehn

directed by James Martin

December 3 - 19
Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at 8:00 PM
at the Ivy Substation Performance Space
9070 Venice Blvd., in Culver City

Tickets $15.00
($10.00 for Union Members)
Free and Ample Parking

For reservations call: 310-226-2818
Tickets are also available at the door

Featuring:
Angela Kang, Michelle Noh, Julia Prud'Homme and Doug Sutherland

Scene Design by Susan Gratch
Costume Design by Tom Slotten
Lighting Design by Trevor Norton
Original Music and Sound Design by Michael Roth
Puppets by Eli Presser
Stage Managed by Brigid O'Brien

The plays are contemporary settings of two classic Hans Christian Andersen stories written in Erik Ehn's trademark style. He takes the two stories and gives them his own unique spin - poetic, mysterious and beautiful. Original usic and an evocative sound design by Michael Roth weave in and out of the tales as Ehn moves the stories and their themes into the 21st century. Puppets designed and executed by Eli Presser are highlighted in "Blister" .

Each play is set around the holidays and they are filled with sights, sounds and language that are evocative, elegant and mystical. They are sure to intrigue and beguile. A perfect antidote to regular holiday fare.

This performance is made possible in part by a grant from
The Culver City Art in Public Places Fund