APRIL 2011  “ The Lady on the Wall : A Puppet Noir "

Created by: Thomas John     Directed by: Dan Griffiths

The Lady on the Wall is a very smart puppet play about the life and death of Humpty Dumpty.  Follow Bob, the hardboiled detective as he tries to crack the case...full of mystery, meringue, and murder.

Thomas John combines his skills as a juggler & physical theater artist with storytelling & puppetry to create a surreal world where an egg dies every morning for breakfast and you never know when you might get  baked, boiled, or fried.

“THE LISTENING ROOM" - PAST SHOWS

joel murach + the verms

joe rut + virgil shaw

yard sale + ted savarese

dominic east + beau & betsy

the goldenhearts + kim kenny + the sam chase

victoria & the vaudevillains + this cant end well

danny allen +  joel murach & the lowrollers

shareef ali + rin tin tiger

Kim kenny + terrie odabi

Kelly mcfarling + minor kingdom + brian belknap

Art elliot + morgan manifacier

Aaron priskorn trumpet cd release

Naked fiction + fawned

Steve taylor + goldenhearts + brian belknap

Dawn oberg + pete lee

LAURA INSERRA + RUSTY STRING FIELDS

BEAU & BETSY + THE HUMAN CONDITION

JJ SHULTZ + JON MOYER + TERESE TAYLOR

LEA GRANT + TINY HOME

NEIGHBORLY DEEDS + FRET NOT GOSPEL BAND + BRIAN BELKAP

PISS PISSEDOFFERSON + SHANE SWEENY + MICHAEL DAMRON

EUROSTACHE

MYRRH + THIS CANT END WELL

SAM CHASE + SHIMMY BOYLE + THE FUNCTIONAL ALCOHOLICS

GOLDENHEARTS +GABBY LALA

VANDELLA + SABU + BRIA BELKNAP

KELLY MCFARLING + QUINN DEVEAUX

CHRISTY SHICK + BLAIR SIMMONS

MAURICE TANI & MIKE ANDERSON = 77 EL DEORA +

IRA MARLOWE

TED SAVARESE + PAULA FRAZIER

VIRGIL SHAW + PRAIRIE DOG

MORRIS STEGOSAURUS + WONDER DAVE

SONNY SMITH

RILEY TOLSTEDT +  JAQUES IBULA

YARD SALE + SCOTT YOUNG

 

THE GOLDEN GODDESS, DEMON DAN AND THE DOORWAY TO DARKNESS    Sat Nov. 26th - Dec 17th 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Better than: That paranoid monologue that finally convinces the man to lock you up forever.

Between issuing unadorned pop-rock with his band, Sonny & the Sunsets, assigning himself sprawling art projects, and putting out low-key comic books, San Francisco artist Sonny Smith is known for funneling his dark, humorously perceptive vision through many types of media. On Saturday, he tried another kind of project: a one-hour live monologue accompanied by a skeleton of a rock 'n' roll band.

Called Sees All Knows All, the performance was the first of its kind for Smith, and winnowed his freewheeling vision down to an experience that was not quite live music nor live theater, but offered some of the best elements of each. He stitched pieces of past songs together over odd, sad tales similar to the ones in his comic books, added a few sci-fi twists to the plot, and presented it all in the resigned, wry mode that's become a signature part of his stage presence. By the end, it felt like the rambling, deeply strange vignettes of Sees All Knows All might be the most complete presentation of Smith's creative vision yet.

The show was given at the Lost Church, a tiny Mission venue that truly feels like a live theater crammed into a large living room. The stage sprawls over a corner of the room, framed by plush velvet curtains and Tiffany lamps. There's space for about 50 people on fold-out chairs and couches, and the vibe is low-key and friendly: Audience members were greeted by the building's owner as they walked in, and he also served as the sound and lighting technician for the show.         Read the full article here

A rock n roll theatrical experience  & Lost Church Original

The Golden Goddess guards a door, a door that leads to an infinite inky absence...will Demon Dan persuade her to open it?   We will see.  

Sonny Smith

Sees All Knows All  

By: Ian S Port

Jan. 14, 2012

at The Lost Church