Review: Out of Hand Theater presents "The Show"

The idea is wonderful: a late-night interactive freak-show that runs for a little over 2 months with a $5 cover and new content every week. Out-of-Hand Theater is using the Friday late-night slot at Horizon Theatre to experiment with an interesting production model, hoping the cheap tickets and ever-evolving content will inspire repeat audience, and it looks like it has—on the night I came there were at least 8 people in the crowd who had seen The Show before, and I heard somebody in the lobby after the performance talking about how he liked having insight from an earlier performance into certain character histories. That's cool. Unfortunately, the performances I saw did nothing to make me want to come back, and I was disappointed to see such great performers spread so thin.

Atlanta Streets Alive!?!

I feel terrible about neglecting this blog after such great response from its inception. I just haven't been in Atlanta for a few weeks, making my seasonal pilgrimage through capitalist purgatory...in clearer terms I took a trip to upstate NY to build roofs with my brother-in-law and the work is taking a lot longer than I expected. This is very unfortunate because I'm missing some exciting public art.

What I'm most bummed about missing is the first-ever Atlanta Streets Alive Festival organized by the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition. This Sunday, May 23rd from 1-6pm, the streets of the Old Fourth Ward will close to automobiles giving safe passage to a number of public events ranging from Kung-fu demonstrations to camping lessons. This has the potential to be a very fun and uplifting cultural event, and the emphasis is on bringing the diverse cultures of Atlanta together to share the joys of mutual public space, exercise, and art. I am curious about how it will turn out.