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2011 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival Announces Line-Up

A scene from Traces
(© 7 Fingers)
A scene from Traces
(© 7 Fingers)

The line-up for the 2011 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival, to run September 2-17, has been announced. Running in conjunction with the Philly Fringe, the annual festival will celebrate its 15th year with 16-days of dance, theater, and interdisciplinary contemporary art.

Highlights will include the world premiere of The Devil and Mister Punch by London-based company, Improbable; the acrobatic show Traces by Montreal’s 7 Fingers; Thaddeus Phillips / Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental’s WHaLE OPTICS; Pig Iron Theatre Company’s production of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night; Swim Pony Performing Arts’ Lady M, an all-female version of Macbeth; and Elephant Room, written by Trey Lyford and Geoff Sobelle with Steve Cuiffo.

For more information and tickets (on sale beginning in mid-June), click here.