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“…joyfully raucous and silly…brings out the power and the color of the legend…”-The New Yorker
"Hilarious...clever...has the makings of a cult fave."
-Variety
This SongPlay adaptation of the Old English epic poem Beowulf harkens back to the raw and rowdy storytelling of the Scandinavian mead halls. The show features a 7-piece band including dueling trombones, bass clarinet, accordion and saw, combining Weillian cabaret, 40's jazz harmony, indie rock, punk, electronica and Romantic Lieder into a cacophonous swirl.
Beowulf's most recent successes came last summer when the show toured to the SummerStage Festival and Joe’s Pub in New York City, ART’s Club Oberon in Boston, and the Lion d’Or Theater as part of Les Escales Improbables in Montreal, Quebec.
"The resulting adaptation skewers, celebrates, and deconstructs “Beowulf’’ in an effort to reclaim it from years of academic analysis and return it to its roots as a visceral, pulse-pounding tale."
-The Boston Globe
"...a blend of bawdy, bloody, ironic, lusty and honest."
-The Hour, Montreal
Created by Banana Bag & Bodice
Written by Jason Craig
Music by Dave Malloy
Co-Directed by Rod Hipskind & Mallory Catlett
Beowulf - A Thousand Years of Baggage received its World Premiere with The Shotgun Players, Berkeley, CA in May, 2008
Patrick Dooley, Artistic Director / Elizabeth Lisle, Managing Director
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