THE MEDIUM

A play inspired by the life and predictions of Marshall McLuhan
April 26 - May 7, 1995, 8pm
Theater Artaud 450 Florida Street, San Francisco
415 621 7797

MARSHALL MCLUHAN

All media work us over completely.They are so pervasive in their personal, political, economic, aesthetic, psychological, moral, ethical, and social consequences that they leave no part of us un-touched, unaffected, unaltered. The medium is the massage. Any understanding of social and cultural change is impossible without a knowledge of the way media work as environments. *

THE MESSAGE

Modus Ensemble presents Ann Bogart and the Saratoga International Theater Institute "The Medium"

As part of its second season, Modus Ensemble presents world renowned director Ann Bogart and the Saratoga International Theater Institute in "The Medium", a vivid example of expressionist theater inspired by the life and predictions of Marshall McLuhan. Conceived and directed by Bogart, "The Medium" was praised by the New York Times for its "compelling, perfectly harnessed energy". "The Medium" explodes McLuhan's theories of technology into a whirling kaleidoscope of innovative movement and theatrical montage, taking spectators through what Bogart calls a "hallucinogenic voyage" through our newly developed psyche." Influenced by the postmodern dance world of the late sixties, Bogart has teamed with SITI co-Artistic Director Tadashi Suzuki to reinvent methods that produce plays, creating a whole new vocabulary for the physical and movement side of theater.

DATE: 04/28/95
The SF Chronicle review is titled "'The Medium' Has a Message:Inventive Theater Imagines McLuhan in a Future World."

Ann Bogart was on HOTWIRED, Tuesday, April 25, 12 noon to 1pm
Hotwired, the online service of Wired Magazine sponsored an on-line ClubWired discussion with Anne Bogart. The transcript is still in production.

http://www.hotwired.com/

Theater Artaud, San Francisco
450 Florida Street
San Francisco
415 621 7797

The Medium
April 26-May 7, 1995, 8:30pm


  Tickets                  415 621 7797
 

  Opening Night reception:      $25.00
  includes post play reception with food and drink

  Wednesdays:                   $13.50 - $15.50
  Thursdays and Sundays:        $15.50 - $17.50
  Fridays and Saturdays:        $17.50 - $19.50
  Sunday Matinee                $11.50 - $13.50
  
  FREE lecture follows Sunday April 30 Matinee

  Students, Seniors, TBA members- $2.00 off any ticket.
  Advance purchase discount- $2.00 until April 25, 1995
  Assigned Seating.
  

  Internet
  
  http://www.sf.net/lantern/medium








All media are extensions of some human faculty -- psychic or physical.*



* from "The Medium is the Massage:An Inventory of Effects", Marshall McLuhan, 1967




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