TheaterMania.com
Search
Find Theater In Your Area

Mnemonic
Tickets and Information


SHOW INFORMATION

This show has not yet been rated.

CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Mar 28, 2001
Closed May 24, 2001
TICKETS TO THIS SHOW BUY TICKETS CHECK FOR DISCOUNTS

WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

The internationally renowned Theatre de Complicite returns to New York with the award-winning production of Mnemonic. Winner of the 1999 London Drama Critics Award for Best Play, the show is an exploration of memory, telling parallel, and seemingly unconnected stories: the brouhaha surrounding the discovery of an unidentified body in the Italian-Austrian Alps; and a woman's quest through Eastern Europe in search of the father she never knew.

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:



John Jay Theater Department
899 10th Ave
New York, NY 10019


WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

"We need stories," Virgil explains long distance to his girlfriend, Alice, in Mnemonic. The truth is, we probably do, or why else would we spend so much time compulsively constructing them? But even if we didn't, the riveting, intertwined stories told in intelligent word and graphic image by the seven-member Theatre de Complicite troupe in this mesmerizing piece would seem absolutely necessary.

How engaging is the work, which was conceived and directed by the brilliant and increasingly indispensable Simon McBurney and devised by his canny company? Here's
how much: During the intermissionless two-hour performance I attended, there wasn't one cough from the audience. This may not sound[...]


Reviewed by David Finkle on Apr 5, 2001

What are other members saying?

No user reviews have been posted yet.
Write a review


RELATED ARTICLES ON THEATERMANIA


By providing information about entertainment and cultural events on this site, TheaterMania.com shall not be deemed to endorse,
recommend, approve and/or guarantee such events, or any facts, views, advice and/or information contained therein.

©1999-2012 TheaterMania.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Terms of Use & Privacy Policy