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Sunday, January 21
Manual Cinema Masterclass
Time: 10am-1pm
Cost: $60
Duration: 3 hours
Ages: 18 and up (adult professional artists working in any discipline, everyone welcome)
Location: Manual Cinema Studio, 2203 W. 21st St. more info
Manual Cinema Presents: Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About A Terrible Monster more info
Sat
Manual Cinema Presents: Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About A Terrible Monster more info
Manual Cinema Presents: Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About A Terrible Monster more info
Thu
Bereaved of her twin sister Ava, septuagenarian Ada solitarily marks time in the patterns of a life built for two. However, a traveling carnival and a trip to a mirror maze plunges her into a journey across the thresholds of life and death. Set in a landscape of the New England gothic, Ada/Ava uses a story of the fantastic and super natural to explore mourning and melancholy, self and other. more info
For educators only. Streaming version of Ada/Ava student matinee (excerpt only, not full show). Students will identify the elements of shadow puppetry (including lighting, silhouette, and sound), learn how the pipe organ works, and relate these concepts to the performance by Manual Cinema and Aaron David Miller. more info
Wed
Love, loss, and creation merge in unexpected ways as Manual Cinema presents its thrilling version of the classic Gothic tale Frankenstein. The Chicago-based performance collective imaginatively combines shadow puppetry, cinematic techniques, sound effects, and live music in haunting shows like nothing else you’ve ever seen. more info
Sat
Manual Cinema Presents: Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About A Terrible Monster more info
Mon
Made in collaboration with acclaimed design studio Span, Countdown is a short film and original theatrical work that combines handmade shadow puppetry, live actors, music performance, and Span’s digital animation. more info
Manual Cinema Presents: Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About A Terrible Monster more info
Manual Cinema Presents: Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About A Terrible Monster more info
Manual Cinema created a bespoke live visual performance to accompany the 2024 Iron and Wine Light Verse tour. Puppeteers will perform live overhead projector shadow puppetry devised and designed by Manual Cinema artists to accompany the band on stage. Check out the tour dates and purchase tickets here.
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