That's Entertainment!
Some shows you may want to see (or avoid).
1. "Theatre artist lets audience give him electric shock!"
< http://news.newkerala.com/world-news/?action=fullnews&id=71139 >
"In a unique one-man play in Brazil the performer gets an electric shock
every time someone in the audience makes a noise, which could be anything
like laughter, booing, applause or even coughing"
2. "Fringe play has nothing to offer"
< http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200308/s917764.htm >
"Theatre-goers at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival have a chance to sit back,
relax and watch the play that offers absolutely nothing - no actors, no
props, no sound and no plot"
3. "Theater for one" [expirted link]
< http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/41516.htm >
"For $20, she tells a five-minute story to a ticket holder who sits blind-
folded in a throne-like rocking chair with hands restrained"
4. "Balloon orchestra caresses Birmingham with sleep music"
< http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,1216531,00.html >
"[S]pecially composed music played from a flight of hot air balloons
drifting over the dozing city... This year's festival includes The
Courtesan Tales [see previous story], where audience members will be
strapped into a rocking chair and blindfolded, while a performer sits
on their laps and whispers stories; and The Judas Cradle, based on
'a torture device developed in the Middle Ages'"
5. "New play invites audience to share giant bed"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1270832.html >
"They are selected at random and have to wear blindfolds for the whole
hour-long performance. The actors then perform different 'experiences'
on the volunteers"
6. "Now, Maradona enters the theatre!"
< http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1148045,00110002.htm >
"Argentine soccer icon Diego Maradona's roller coaster life has been
transformed into a theatre play"
7. "No 'Springer' fever"
< http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,99012,00.html >
"'Jerry Springer, the Opera' - critically acclaimed and much-hyped
during its run at London's non-profit National Theatre - isn't faring
nearly as well in the commercial West End"
8. "Artist to screen video in Antarctica"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1276993.html >
"An Argentine artist is to screen a spectacular month-long video
installation - on Antarctic glaciers"
