Satie de Paris

March 20 and 21, 8pm, at Sagebrush Theatre

Our first presentation of this original work was such a success the first time, we are bringing it back for two performances!!! Hailed as “Poetry on Stage” by the Kamloops Daily News, and rave reviews by audience members, we felt it needed to live again! With aerial silk acrobatics, film, theatre, and stunning music, this is a production you should not miss!!

Escape with us back to Paris at the turn of the 20th century where the greatest composers, painters and writers congregated and socialized within the Montmartre district, home of Moulin Rouge and the Bohemian Life. With a hint of jazz, Satie de Paris is anchored around the composer Erik Satie while exploring the music of his French contemporaries such as Ravel, Debussy, Poulenc, and Franck. The structure of the concert is centered on theatrical vignettes that explore the eccentric life of Satie and his unrequited love affair with painter and former circus acrobat Suzanne Valadon. Although Satie did not find fame until his last decade, his music went on to influence the direction of classical music for the next 50 years. Being one of the first composers to write music especially for film, this production also explores the avant-garde through the film footage of French Filmmaker Rene Claire.

For a preview, please view video selections from our first presentation in 2007 by going to our Video tab above or clicking belowing.  http://www.bclivingarts.ca/node/84

Erik Satie: Joey Lespérance

Mr Renaud: Alan Corbishley

Waitress/Aerial Silk Acrobat: Keely Sills

Piano: Rena Sharon (Co-Author)

Violin: Kerry DuWors 

Script: Dušan Magdolen

Ensemble: Local performers

Tickets available at Kamloops Live Box Office 374-LIVE 

$25 members, $28 non-members, $20 student

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