Difference between revisions of "Life & Times of Michael K"
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| − | ''[[Life | + | ''[[Life and Times of Michael K]]'' is a novel by Nobel prize winner [[J.M. Coetzee]] |
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| + | Adapted for the stage by [[Lara Foot]], in collaboration with the [[Handspring Puppet Company]]. | ||
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| + | JM Coetzee’s, Life and Times of Michael K, adapted for the stage by Lara Foot, in collaboration with the Tony Award-winning Handspring Puppet Company. A frighteningly beautiful story that follows a simple man who embarks on a journey through a South Africa, shattered by civil war, to return his mother to die on the farm where she was born. A co-production between Theater der Welt Düsseldorf 2021, Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, Baxter Theatre Centre and Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg | ||
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2021: ''[[Life & Times of Michael K]]'' opened at The BaxterTheatre in June , but was cancelled on the day of the first preview, due to two positive COVID cases and debilitating regulations. | 2021: ''[[Life & Times of Michael K]]'' opened at The BaxterTheatre in June , but was cancelled on the day of the first preview, due to two positive COVID cases and debilitating regulations. | ||
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2021: The play was then at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, in Germany in November. We received seven curtain calls and a standing ovation. We were all very emotional to have finally opened this production that had been three years in the making. | 2021: The play was then at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, in Germany in November. We received seven curtain calls and a standing ovation. We were all very emotional to have finally opened this production that had been three years in the making. | ||
| − | 2022: ''[[Life & Times of Michael K]]'' and ''[[Kiss of the Spider Woman]]'' (which was also postponed) are scheduled to open at [[The Baxter]] | + | 2022: ''[[Life & Times of Michael K]]'' and ''[[Kiss of the Spider Woman]]'' (which was also postponed) are scheduled to open at [[The Baxter]] from 28 February to 19 March. |
Revision as of 11:25, 21 December 2021
Life and Times of Michael K is a novel by Nobel prize winner J.M. Coetzee
Also called Life & Times of Michael K by some sources.
Adapted for the stage by Lara Foot, in collaboration with the Handspring Puppet Company.
Life and Times of Michael K
JM Coetzee’s, Life and Times of Michael K, adapted for the stage by Lara Foot, in collaboration with the Tony Award-winning Handspring Puppet Company. A frighteningly beautiful story that follows a simple man who embarks on a journey through a South Africa, shattered by civil war, to return his mother to die on the farm where she was born. A co-production between Theater der Welt Düsseldorf 2021, Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, Baxter Theatre Centre and Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg
2021: Life & Times of Michael K opened at The BaxterTheatre in June , but was cancelled on the day of the first preview, due to two positive COVID cases and debilitating regulations.
2021: The play was then at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, in Germany in November. We received seven curtain calls and a standing ovation. We were all very emotional to have finally opened this production that had been three years in the making.
2022: Life & Times of Michael K and Kiss of the Spider Woman (which was also postponed) are scheduled to open at The Baxter from 28 February to 19 March.
