L'Effet de Serge
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jan 7, 2010
Closed Jan 16, 2010
Opened Jan 7, 2010
Closed Jan 16, 2010
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Running Time:
1hr. 15min.
1hr. 15min.
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On Sunday afternoons, in his living room and for a very small audience, Serge performs 1-3 numbers with low-tech special effects. Serge's focused concentration on his own universe highlights the implicit futility in our daily rituals and at the same time exposes the pleasure and necessity of these routines. L'Effet de Serge is drama on a small scale, void of traditional thematic breadth and complex intrigues, and shows us a man who finds the sublime in the trivial.
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