SILVER FOR GOLD
(THE ODYSSEY OF EDIE SEDGWICK)
Written and directed by David J,
Co-founder of influential British bands Bauhuas and Love & Rockets
Featuring Darcy Fowers, James Duval & MC THIS
with live music by David J & the Silver for Gold Band
Only 5 Performances in Los Angeles November 30 – December 4, 2011
Part delirious theatrical event, part avant-garde rock concert replete with eerie video imagery, this production written and directed by David J—co-founder of the influential British bands Bauhaus and Love & Rockets—finds new mythic dimensions in the rise and eventual drugs and alcohol-fueled crash of Andy Warhol muse Edie Sedgwick. Performances will be held at the Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater Wednesday, November 30 – Sunday, December 4, 2011.
This mesmerizing performance considers the charismatic and misunderstood 1960s icon as a modern-day Persephone: Queen of the underworld to Warhol's Hades transforming her room in the Chelsea Hotel into a fog-enshrouded purgatory. Throughout her travails, a horse-headed wounded healer guides Edie to eventual transcendence. The ensemble includes Darcy Fowers (Edie Sedgwick), James Duval (Norihc, the wounded healer) and MC THIS a.k.a. Justin Hammond (Andy Warhol and video).
David J leads the four-piece Silver for Gold Band through a melancholy and droll song cycle that nods to the music of the Velvet Underground and Bob Dylan, while also commenting on episodes in the doomed star's life. The band includes David J (vocals / guitar), Michael Berg (guitar/backing vocals), Ysanne Spevack (violin/viola) and Dave Raven (percussion).
TICKETS & MORE INFORMATION
David J: Silver For Gold (The Odyssey of Edie Sedgwick)
Wednesday, November 30–Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 8:30 pm
Sunday, December 4, 2011 at 7:00 pm
Tickets: $20–25 general ($16–20 students)
Seating is general admission and tickets are available for purchase in-person at REDCAT Box Office, by phone at 213-237-2800, or online at www.redcat.org.
REDCAT Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater
631 West 2nd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
REDCAT is located at the corner of W. 2nd and Hope Streets, inside the Walt Disney Concert Hall complex in downtown Los Angeles.
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