🎭 LA Shows and Events: Week of June 10, 2024

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It’s a busy LA theatre week because The Hollywood Fringe gets going in a few days! I’ve chosen a few to highlight in my list below, but as always, there are endless delights to choose from.

Last week we went to see Nye, one of the shows I was particularly sad to miss while I couldn’t go back to the UK (I’m waiting for my green card 🙃). Thank goodness for National Theatre Live, this was their 100th recorded show!

As a Welsh person, seeing Welsh history on stage was a strange feeling; Welsh stories in particular don’t tend to make it to the West End, and even many British people don’t know the NHS was started by a Welsh person. I was ready to feel sentimental, but I was also intrigued to see how they would stage what is (by all accounts) a pretty boring political story. And if it would translate to an American audience at all. Happily, it did! (Sample party: my American wife!)

The production was wonderful. Staging aside, seeing Michael Sheen run around in his pajamas for two and a half hours was a delight—to say nothing of the charisma and tenderness of his performance. My wife and I both really admired the use of physical theatre to heighten key moments: the ensemble moved as one, effortlessly blending through scene and character, creating the House of Commons, the shelves of a library, and a fully staffed hospital—to name a few specific examples. The whole production had a surreal tone that allowed for a very heightened exploration of emotion and character: it was unapologetically theatrical. On the other hand, they also knew when to keep things simple, letting the acting convey the weight of what was happening. It also had some of the best use of projections I’ve seen in a show.

It’s showing again at the end of July if anyone wants to catch it.

With that said, on to this week's clowns, performers, and all-out entertainers. Here are some shows you shouldn’t miss.

🎭 THIS WEEK’S PERFORMANCES 🎭

• The Sandwich Ministry | June - July 7 | Skylight Theatre | Los Feliz
  Three women gather to make sandwiches for neighbors who’ve been displaced from their homes by floods.

• TRANSlation: A Nu Gworl Group | June 13 21 23 | LA LGBT Centre | Renberg Theatre | Hollywood
  A lip-sync musical of the first BIPOC Trans girl group to break through the mainstream music industry’s barriers.

• The Hunting of the Snark | June 15 16 21 22 29 | Javista Coffee | Hollywood
  A clownish cast treat their voyagers to a hilarious and touching take on a literary classic.

• Furiozo Man Looking For Trouble | June 10 - June 16 | Three Clubs | Hollywood
  A punk-rock comedy show starring Furiozo: an aggressive hooligan with a giant heart.

• The Rhythm of Mourning | June 13 15 20 22 | The Broadwater | Hollywood

  A heartfelt exploration of grief, healing, and the enduring human spirit with music and dance.

• Into That: The Experience | June 11 | North Figueroa Bookshop | Highland Park
  Performance artists titillate you with acts inspired by the book’s fetish themes.

• The Cosmic Romantics Father's’ Day Magic Matinee | Illusion Magic Lounge | Santa Monica

  Family-friendly show with magic’s favourite couple.

• VOICES FEST | June 10 - 15 | Stomping Ground | Alhambra
  Live performances, classes and more at the first ever VOICE FEST.

• Hedda Gabler | June 14 - 26 | Actors Company | W Hollywood

  A modern adaptation of Ibsen’s famous play.

• Reforged | June 10 - 29 | Last Call Theatre | Asylum @ Thymele Arts | Hollywood
  Immersive show, every performance will be totally unique based on the audience's choices.

• Three Can Keep a Secret | June 13 - 29 | The Hobgoblin Playhouse | Hollywood
  Award-nominated fringe-your-own-adventure thriller.

• Hooray LA | June 15 16 | Bob Baker Marionette Theater | Highland Park
  The people and places of LA come to puppet life with puppets!

• Vaudeville Night | June 14 | Theatre of Note | Hollywood

  Puppets, comedy, magic and more all to fundraise for their next production of "Electric, I."

• Twin Flames a cosmic variety show | June 16 | The Elysian | Frogtown

  Time-bending, heart-melting cosmic circus.

  Still Playing
  

• No Exit by Jean Paul Sartre | June 14 15 | Skiptown Playhouse | East Hollywood

• iL FUNGO presents: The Mall | June 16 23 28 | Lyric Hyperion | Silver Lake

• Mix-Mix | June 6 - 16 | Playwrights arena | Los Angeles Theatre Center| DTLA

🕺OTHER COOL CREATIVE STUFF 🕺

• Paint the LA River Workshop | June 15 | Elysian Valley

• LGBTQ+ Nude Figure Drawing | June 12 | Print Shop LA | Mid City

• Riso Printing 101 | June 15 | Heavy Manners Library | Echo Park

• LGBTQ+ Rubber Block Carving | June 15 | Nova Community Arts | Atwater Village

• Beginners T-shirt Screen Printing Workshop | June 16 | Heavy Manners Library | Echo Park

• Clothing Swap and Community Picnic | June 16 | Hümankind Collective| Griffith Park 

• SPACE Yoga With Rae | June 15 | Junior High | Atwater Village

• Queer Cookout | June 15 | Cuties LA | DTLA

• Environmentalist Book Club: Birnam Wood | June 11 | The Village Well | Culver City

• Women In Film: The Artists Lounge Coworking | June 12 | The Ruby Fruit | Silver Lake

• Speech Bubble: Comics Bookclub | June 15 | North Figueroa | Highland Park

  
  Have fun! Until next week friends! 🦊