Fanciful Performance Art Troupe Mummenschanz Returns to the Irvine Barclay Theatre
Irvine Barclay Theatre (4242 Campus Drive Irvine, CA 92612)
- Full Price:
- $45.00
- Our Price:
- $22.50*
* Additional fees apply.
All offers for Mummenschanz: 3x11 have expired.
The last date listed for Mummenschanz: 3x11 was Sunday November 21, 2010 / 3:00pm.
Currently at Irvine Barclay Theatre:
The Wooden Floor's Youth Dance Work Tuned In
- Full Price:
- $20.00 - $50.00
- Our Price:
- $10.00 - $25.00
Leave your expectations at home for this inspired collaboration that pairs top creative talent with under-served youth. The Wooden Floor arts organization unites professional choreographers, lighting designers, set designers and costume designers with hundreds of young, aspiring artists yielding an original, inventive and distinctive output that will move and delight you. Tuned In is a contemporary dance piece that seeks to break down stereotypes about who can create art and is every bit as meaningful for the audience as it is for the dancers. Learn More
Goldstar Member Tips
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Goldstar Member on Other
The show is 2 hours long w/a brief intermission.
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tapper on What to Wear
Anything that is casual works perfectly.
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Goldstar Member on Where to Park
The parking structure was $8, not sure about other parking.
7 Goldstar Member Reviews
Gaelle R.
intelligent. funny. minimalist. creative. imaginative. demanding (for the audience's active presence of mind). like no other.Written on Nov 22 2010
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charmonium5
What a show, not like anything you have seen before or at least not done as well. This group has been perfecting the creation of all manner of unlikely [but likable] creatures for over 30 years. Like characters in children's books, except even more animated, they enact funny and charming choreogrphed mime under ultraviolet light so that only some of their features are visable. My four grandkids aged 3yrs to 15yrs all loved it. Don't miss the rolling boulder, the sticky face duel and the balloon bouncing pipe. Big surpises in store for all.Written on Nov 23 2010
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Leah
Imagination and talent combine for a rare and unusual non-verbal treat for audiences of all ages; a must see!Written on Jan 19 2011
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Goldstar Member
My son & I went with his grandparents & all of us really enjoyed the show. Very creative & so much fun for all ages. I would definately recommend this. Our seats were very good too.Written on Nov 23 2010
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More Information About Mummenschanz: 3x11
Website
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Quotes & Highlights
- Watch a YouTube clip of Mummenschanz.
Description
The beloved Swiss troupe, Mummenschanz, has created an original and captivating artistic universe for more than 30 years. It is a surreal, comic, wordless visual theater, where the ordinary becomes extraordinary and common materials and everyday objects all spring to life as fantastical characters. The result is a wonder-filled, visually stunning spectacle and family entertainment that sparks the imagination.
World-renowned Swiss performance troupe Mummenschanz returns to the United States for a three-month, multi-city national tour this fall and winter. This marks the celebrated troupe’s return to North America for the first time since 2003, after a seven-year absence to tour other continents. 3x11 is a 33-year retrospective on Mummenschanz. This spectacularly entertaining, family-friendly program will showcase some of Mummenschanz’s most beloved, imaginative and humorous characters from over the years, in addition to some newer original material.
For nearly four decades, Mummenschanz has captivated audiences worldwide with its groundbreaking and transformative visual theater. The troupe creates a playful and uniquely memorable experience through an inventive use of forms, shadow and light, and inventive manipulation of sculptural, expressive masks.
In the surreal, comic, wordless universe of Mummenschanz, the ordinary becomes extraordinary when common materials and everyday objects—such as wires, tubes, boxes, and even toilet paper--all spring to life as fantastical characters. Abstract shapes and forms also interact in surprising ways to reveal some timeless truths about human connections and relationships. The result is a wonder-filled, visually stunning spectacle and family entertainment that sparks the imagination and transcends cultural barriers.
“Mummenschanz has always had a powerful connection with American audiences, which really respond to the visual humor, playfulness and imagination in our performances,” said Bernie Schürch and Floriana Frassetto, two of the show’s founding members and featured performers on the tour. “We had our first big breakthrough in the U.S., with a long-running Broadway show, so it will always have special meaning for us, and we’re eager to return after such a long absence.”
Currently in its fourth decade of existence, Mummenschanz remains one of the most successful theater groups in the world. Formed in 1972 by Swiss artists Bernie Schürch and Andres Bossard with Swiss-American artist Floriana Frassetto, the pioneering performance troupe created a non-verbal theatrical language that transcended the traditional barriers of nationality and culture.
The group had its breakthrough during an extended Broadway run at the Bijou Theatre in New York City from 1977 to 1980. Never before and or since has a show without words or music succeeded on Broadway for three consecutive years. Since then, the group has toured continuously around the globe, performing in renowned festivals and theaters worldwide.
Following the death in 1992 of founding member Andres Bossard, original artists Floriana Frassetto and Bernie Schürch went on to establish the Mummenschanz Foundation in 1998 with the help of long-time friend and supporter Hans Jörg Tobler, a non-profit organization that aims to promote the art and expression of nonverbal theater.
Since 2000, Mummenschanz has grown to a company of five, with original cast members Schürch and Frassetto now joined by featured performers Pietro Montandon and Raffaella Mattioli and technical director Jan Maria Lukas.