An Iliad
2787 B State Street, Carlsbad, 92008
Cost: $33 - $36
The Poet has 95 minutes to recite Homer's epic. And she does at New Village Arts. She is Linda Libby, giving one of her finest performances as a time-traveler cursed to retell The Iliad until war ceases forever. "I knew these boys," she says, referring to proud Achilles, obstinate Agamemnon, brave Hector, and Helen of Troy. Libby speaks/sings of their fall in a visceral perrformance that treads a flimsy line between story-telling and getting sucked in by its violence. Credit as well to Jacole Kitchen's bold direction, John Anderson's quietly eloquent set, and Gunnar Biggs' backup on string bass. Critic's Pick.
When
Ongoing until Sunday, February 26, 2017
Hours
| Sundays, 2pm |
| Thursdays, 8pm |
| Fridays, 8pm |
| Saturdays, 3pm & 8pm |