Erika Featured in The Toronto Star: "She's poetry in motion"
Erika was featured in an article by The Star's Susan Walker on March 15, 2008.
Poetic License at Factory Cafe
Studio
February 15th - Mar 2nd, 2008
Moleman Productions is thrilled to announce the return of the critically
acclaimed
Poetic License starring the four-time DORA award nominated Erika Batdorf.
The hit play returns to Toronto after being performed at the seventh
Women Playwrights International (WPI) in Jakarta.
directed by TODD HAMMOND
lighting by JULIA VANDERGRAAF
sets & costumes by TERESA PRYZBYLSKIFri Feb 15 to Sun Mar 2, 2008
Factory Studio Theatre
125 Bathurst Street (at Adelaide)
Wed - Sat at 8 PM Sundays at 2:30 PMTickets: (416) 504-9971 online at factorytheatre.ca
or at the door. Regular $25, Sunday PWYC
***** (out of 5) from EYE
Weekly!!
"Moving effortlessly from dry comedy to a gorgeous movement piece, Poetic License is
a warmhearted, well-crafted theatrical essay on desire. " (see whole review here.)
David Fujino, in his review "What
is an Angel?" in The
Live Music Report:
"Batdorf has clearly given herself permission — permission
to freely explore poetic text for its consciousness-raising qualities
and thereby transport the audience closer to the heart of the mystery,
the mystery of human life." (see whole review here.)
NNNN (out of 4) From NOW Magazine!!
“License to Thrill. Hilarious and thoughtful… emotionally
compelling, visually elegant… the very best thing about Poetic
License is Batdorf’s humour… the highlight of my week,
possibly my month.”
Enter this funny, magical world where poetry is edible, ruffian angels describe paradise and the audience is fed an unexpected meal.
First we meet Marti, an uptight creative-writing professor who is
having a mid life crisis.
Will she walk out of her whole life? Next we meet Marti’s sister
who has multiple sclerosis and dares you to image an eternity craving
for things you will never have. Then we meet their guardian angel who
has no idea how to guide them, so she asks the audience for help...What
will you do?
Poetic License includes poetry by Yeats, Blake, Kerouac, Tahirih (an Iranian poetess who was killed in the 1840’s), Oliver, Ginsberg, Baudelaire, Pound, Wilde, Plath, Eliot and Artaud.
Factory Theatre Cafe Studio
125 Bathurst St. (at Adelaide)a
Toronto, ON
(mapquest)
Batdorf Interviewed in Theatre is Territory Blog
Praxis Theatre interviews Erika with "10 Questions" about Poetic License.
Poetic License Press Photos
Click on the thumbnail to download CMYK pdf's
1848 Experiment # 1 will appear in Rhubarb 2008 at Buddies in Bad Times
Feb 20-24 8pm every evening in the Chamber Theatre
This
is a work in progress duet created by Batdorf in collaboration with
dancer Kate Digby from New York and actor Adam Seybold from Toronto
Erika Batdorf's Newsletter is now available for download
Created with help from STAF, Erika is now producing a
regular newsletter. (See below to get on the
mailing list...) To read about all of Erika's news, click here.
Fem Fest
Erika will be doing a play reading and a workshop at Fem Fest in Winnipeg this October
http://www.sarasvati.ca/FemFest.html
Workshop: Practical Tools for Writing on Your Feet
Sunday, October 28th 1-3pm
Reading: in the Cabaret
Saturday, October 27th
9pm
Bird's Eye View
Bird's Eye View won the jury prize for best production at the 2007 Summerworks festival! (see Now Magazine's coverage)
NNNN Now Magazine! Obsessed with flight, a prisoner under surveillance escapes into a tiny world of her own creation. Set to an original musical score, Bird's Eye View is a visually evocative multi-media puppet show inspired by Oscar Wilde and his work. This is a solo co-created and directed by Erika and performed by puppeteer, theatre creator and performer Faye Dupras, of Foreign Landscapes.
Bird's Eye View: for more details, go to the Summerworks web site http://www.summerworks.ca
Bird’s Eye View will also be presented in Boston next year. Check back for those details.
Gorey Story Nominated for 4 Independent Theatre Dora Awards!
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Outstanding Direction: Erika Batdorf,
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Outstanding New Play: Erika Batdorf, Christine Horne, Matthew Romantini and the Company,
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Outstanding Production: The Thistle Project, and
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Outstanding Costume Design: Ming Wong
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