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Pencil This In: Getting 'Forked' on Stage, Werner Herzog Speaks
Another Friday night in LA. What are you doing? Photo by Ca-Los via LAist's flickr pool.
Another Friday night in LA. What are you doing? Photo by Ca-Los via LAist's flickr pool.
FORKING
Forking -- or its formal title Fork Off Down Your Own Forking Adventure Which You've Forked: FORKING! -- is a full-length play by SF native Daniel Heath that mixes theatre and reality TV. The audience votes on the ending like a “choose your own adventure” on stage: “This time around, the audience again actively participates by voting. Six 20-to-30-somethings who live together in Los Angeles are thrust into or out of the sack with other characters, depending on how the audience votes.” The plot focuses on wedding photographer Chastity with a bad knee and no health coverage and Joshua, a Canadian about to be deported. After a drinking binge they think that marriage might be the best course of action? Will the audience get them to the altar on time? The curtain rises at 8 pm at the Theatre Asylum and runs until March 14. Tickets are $20 at the door or $15 online.
ART
Culver City’s Royal/T hosts the opening night of “I Can’t Feel My Face,” a new exhibition of works from Susan Hancock’s collection. The exhibit is guest curated by New York-based artist KAWS and features DJ JUS SKE. The party kicks off at 8 pm, and you must be 21+ to attend. RSVP required at RSVP@Royal-T.org, keyword "KAWS."
DUTCH MUSIC
REDCAT and CalArts present an evening of music by contemporary Dutch music composers at REDCAT tonight at 8:30 pm. The CalArts New Century Players will be performing works by Dante Boon, Rozalie Hirs, Joey Roukens, Taylan Susam, Peter-Jan Wagemans, Jacob ter Veldhuis and Robert Zuidam. Tickets are $20, with student discounts available. Seating is general admission.
TALK*
German film auteur Werner Herzog is one of film’s most creative and controversial directors. (Just watch his 2005 documentary Grizzly Man about grizzly bear expert Timothy Treadwell’s life and death.) Tonight, Herzog will appear at UCLA’s Royce Hall in discussion with Paul Holdengräber, director of public programs at the New York Public Library. The event begins at 8 pm and tickets are $28-$48 ($15 for UCLA students).
If film’s your thing, then check out LAist’s weekly film calendar.
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