As a writer, I believe that when words fail us, our bodies lead the way. Our physical selves take over when our minds can’t articulate the feelings we have inside. Three is beautiful example of the transcendence of movement over words — it almost feels blasphemous to try to summarize its content in language.
Based on Jean Paul Sartre’s No Exit, in which three strangers are trapped in a room together in the afterlife as punishment, the dynamics of the eponymous number are explored in this stunning show by Long Beach, California's Bossy Flyer. Fun fact: tripods are considered one of the most stable structures in nature… and one of the most unstable in politics.
Performed with strength, grace, and flawless technique by acrobats Taylor Casas, Cynthia Price and Ezra Lebank, hell may be other people, as Sartre famously said, but this show soars pretty close to heaven.
— Frances Koncan
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As a writer, I believe that when words fail us, our bodies lead the way. Our physical selves take over when our minds can’t articulate the feelings we have inside. Three is beautiful example of the transcendence of movement over words — it almost feels blasphemous to try to summarize its content in language.
Based on Jean Paul Sartre’s No Exit, in which three strangers are trapped in a room together in the afterlife as punishment, the dynamics of the eponymous number are explored in this stunning show by Long Beach, California's Bossy Flyer. Fun fact: tripods are considered one of the most stable structures in nature… and one of the most unstable in politics.
Performed with strength, grace, and flawless technique by acrobats Taylor Casas, Cynthia Price and Ezra Lebank, hell may be other people, as Sartre famously said, but this show soars pretty close to heaven.
— Frances Koncan
From the Fringe program:
From the creators of the Off-Broadway hit Flight (5 STARS - WFP, "Ingenious" - NY Times), THREE brings acrobatics up close. Experience sweat, laughter and trust as three acrobats test the limits of human connection. A kinetic theatre experience packed with adrenaline and a slick soundtrack.
5 STARS - The List "A low-tech Cirque du Soleil" - LAist "Astonishing acrobatic theatre" - Broadway Baby "Awe-inspiring, surprisingly simple, and unconventionally spectacular" - Weekend Notes WINNER Best of Fest (4x), NOMINATED Best Show (Edinburgh)
Show Length: 60 minutes
Suggested Audience: General
Venue #23 - One88
188 Princess St.
2nd Floor
Seating Capacity: 90
NO Wheelchair Access
Showtimes
Wed, Jul 17, 2019 – 7:00 PM
Thu, Jul 18, 2019 – 6:15 PM
Fri, Jul 19, 2019 – 6:15 PM
Sat, Jul 20, 2019 – 8:00 PM
Sun, Jul 21, 2019 – 2:45 PM
Tue, Jul 23, 2019 – 6:15 PM
Wed, Jul 24, 2019 – 8:00 PM
Thu, Jul 25, 2019 – 8:00 PM
Fri, Jul 26, 2019 – 9:45 PM
Sat, Jul 27, 2019 – 4:30 PM
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