"Best of the Fringe" Solo Show Kill Your Television at Theatre Asylum
Theatre Asylum (6320 Santa Monica Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90038)
- Full Price:
- $12.00
- Our Price:
- $6.00*
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The last date listed for Kill Your Television was Saturday August 14, 2010 / 6:00pm.
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Improvatorium's Pure Improv: Scenes, Songs and Games
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Improvatorium, the company that brought you Zombience and Hitchcocked, brings you Pure Improv, a hilarious short-form improv show at Theatre Asylum. With long-form improv currently in fashion, Improvatorium returns to improvised scenes, songs, extended scenes, and traditional improv games that are now almost considered retro. The show is directed by Patrick Bristow (Ellen, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Who's Line is it Anyway?) and stars a rotating cast with a new special guest each show. Learn More
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4 Goldstar Member Reviews
Rob Nagle
Chris P.
Jeff Gardner weaves a fascinating story about our relationship with television and the influence media plays in shaping our existence. And he does it all without uttering a single word! Blending sound and physical comedy, Mr. Gardner portrays a man who must face off with a TV that has a mind of it's own. GO SEE THIS....Written on Jul 24 2010
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jthomas
The show was absolutely wonderful. It is so great to see creative, insightful, and challenging theater in LA. It was A LOT of fun. Everyone should check it out. One of the best of the fest for a reason.Written on Jul 24 2010
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Goldstar Member
It's quite funny, but think Marcel Marceau. Mime. The character does not speak. One act, about 45 minutes.Written on Jul 23 2010
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More Information About Kill Your Television
Website
http://www.killyourtelevision.tv/
Quotes & Highlights
- “Hilarious! Must see TV!” --Seattle Times
- “Gardner’s brilliant tour de force” --Backstage (Critics Pick)
Description
Writer-performer Jeff Gardner’s dialogue-free solo comedy with a hilarious and insightful look at the insidious nature of television. It’s often said he who has the remote control has the power. Not in this living room…take a bizarre plunge into the other side of the screen and discover why they call it “Programming.” An exciting hybrid of pop-culture satire, physical theatre and the absurd.
Originally performed at The Seattle Fringe Festival this show received TheatreSeattle.com’s ‘Pick of the Fringe’ honor. In it’s recent run at The 1st Hollywood Fringe Festival it was nominated for Best in Physical Theatre and the Outrageous Award for Theatre. It also won the award for the Most Socially Aware Show.
Jeff Gardner is a native from Los Angeles and a graduate of the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. Jeff began acting professionally in Washington D.C. where he appeared in Little Women at the Kennedy Center, Skylight at The Studio Theatre, Henry V, Henry VI (parts I-III) and Measure for Measure, all at the Shakespeare Theatre. Other regional credits include Our Town and The Seagull (w/ Gwyneth Paltrow and Christopher Walken) at Williamstown Theatre Festival in Massachusetts. Local credits include The Tempest at A Noise Within, and the currently running King Lear at The Antaeus Company. Jeff is also a sound designer, most notably working for one of his favorite directors, the late Charles Nelson Reilly on The Wives. He is the founder of Quantum Theatre, a company devoted to the preservation and progression of ‘theatre of the mind’.
About the Ticket Supplier: Combined Artform/Theatre Asylum
Founded in 1998, C.A.F.E. (Combined Artform Entertainment) is on a mission to develop and combine all art forms to pioneer the "arts of the future," as well as be an active and supporting member of the San Francisco--and now Los Angeles--performance production scene. Created by Producing Artistic Director Matthew Quinn, and joined by Steve Kahn in 1999, C.A.F.E. has collaborated with actors, singers, filmmakers, sketch comedy groups, musicians, improvisers and fine artists in more than 100 shows, including Santaland Diaries, Eavesdropper (SF), Monday Night Improv Jam (SF), Thursday Night Improv Jam (LA), PAPA (at the Eureka with Open Fist), Tilted Frame Improv and the SF Solo Festival.