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Blackbird

Presented by Hyde Park Theatre at Hyde Park Theatre

September 11-October 11, 2008

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Hyde Park Theatre and Capital T Theatre are proud to present the Austin premiere of David Harrower’s extraordinary, much-heralded new play, Blackbird. Fifteen years ago, Una and Ray had a relationship. They haven’t set eyes on each other since. Now she’s found him again. Ken Webster (Critics Table and B. Iden Payne Awards for Best Actor) and Xochitl Romero (who recently won rave reviews in Dog Sees God at HPT) star; Mark Pickell of Capital T Theatre (Mr. Marmalade, Happy Days) directs this astonishing play that won the 2007 Olivier Award for Best New Play—London’s most prestigious theater award.

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    Hyde Park Theatre

    511 West 43rd Street
    Austin, TX 78751

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    Tickets: Tickets are $18 ($16 for students, seniors, and ACOT members) Thursday is Pay What You Can Night

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  • Dates & Times

    Dates:
    September 11-October 11, 2008

    Times:
    8:00 PM

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    • Event Name: Blackbird
      "Rhythm and Concentration to Take You Away"
      Review posted by: Austin Live Theatre from Austin, Texas , Oct 03, 2008
      

      The Hyde Park Theatre is an actor’s theatre, intensely dedicated to the craft and to the challenge of the actor’s art. How else could one explain this production? Harrower’s dialogue crackles,... Expand

      The Hyde Park Theatre is an actor’s theatre, intensely dedicated to the craft and to the challenge of the actor’s art. How else could one explain this production? Harrower’s dialogue crackles, and the two actors capture the disbelief, the distraction, and the surging emotion of it. We are led both into their present lives and into the tangled feelings that resulted in a crime. Blackbird is a powerful piece of writing. Romero and Webster use every nuance and every syllable of it. They keep us so concentrated in the intimate space of this oddly shaped 60-seat theatre that we have trouble shaking ourselves free of them afterwards. We do not particularly like the characters but we feel in them our own sense of fragile humanity. Only two very gifted actors working with their equally gifted director Mark Pickell could have established that hold on us. For more, see http://austinlivetheatre.blogspot.com/2008/10/blackbird-hyde-park-theatre-september.html Collapse

    • Event Name: Blackbird
      "Another Great Production From Hyde Park Theatre"
      Review posted by: JuanAngryDwarf from Galveston, TX, Sep 20, 2008
      

      Really great production - I don't want to give too much away - needless to say, I am amazed at how well Hyde Park Theatre used their space and was not disappointed in the talented performances.... Expand

      Really great production - I don't want to give too much away - needless to say, I am amazed at how well Hyde Park Theatre used their space and was not disappointed in the talented performances. Lots of layers and great moments in this drama - one shocking moment in particular. Definitely worth checking out! Collapse

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    • Event Name: Blackbird
      "Rhythm and Concentration to Take You Away"
      Review posted by: Austin Live Theatre from Austin, Texas , Oct 03, 2008
      

      The Hyde Park Theatre is an actor’s theatre, intensely dedicated to the craft and to the challenge of the actor’s art. How else could one explain this production? Harrower’s dialogue crackles,... Expand

      The Hyde Park Theatre is an actor’s theatre, intensely dedicated to the craft and to the challenge of the actor’s art. How else could one explain this production? Harrower’s dialogue crackles, and the two actors capture the disbelief, the distraction, and the surging emotion of it. We are led both into their present lives and into the tangled feelings that resulted in a crime. Blackbird is a powerful piece of writing. Romero and Webster use every nuance and every syllable of it. They keep us so concentrated in the intimate space of this oddly shaped 60-seat theatre that we have trouble shaking ourselves free of them afterwards. We do not particularly like the characters but we feel in them our own sense of fragile humanity. Only two very gifted actors working with their equally gifted director Mark Pickell could have established that hold on us. For more, see http://austinlivetheatre.blogspot.com/2008/10/blackbird-hyde-park-theatre-september.html Collapse

    • Event Name: Blackbird
      "Another Great Production From Hyde Park Theatre"
      Review posted by: JuanAngryDwarf from Galveston, TX, Sep 20, 2008
      

      Really great production - I don't want to give too much away - needless to say, I am amazed at how well Hyde Park Theatre used their space and was not disappointed in the talented performances.... Expand

      Really great production - I don't want to give too much away - needless to say, I am amazed at how well Hyde Park Theatre used their space and was not disappointed in the talented performances. Lots of layers and great moments in this drama - one shocking moment in particular. Definitely worth checking out! Collapse

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