Silent Theatre Band reinterprets “Freaks”

Posted by DCA Theater on December 10, 2009 in July-December 2009 Season, Carnival Nocturne

The Claudia Cassidy Theater was packed last night for a special screening of Tod Browning’s 1932 horror classic, Freaks. Over 275 people turned out to watch and listen as The Silent Theatre Band accompanied the film with a live, original score.

Freaks was not originally a silent film but Silent Theatre Company’s Tonika Todorova stripped the classic of its audio and added intertitles so that the band could work to revitalize and reinterpret the sound track. The result was an inspired jazz collaboration that navigated the audience through the film’s dark story about sideshow “freaks” and “normal” people.

Musicians
Holly Mead, keyboards                                                    
Rob Frye, woodwinds                                                                
David Taylor, guitar                                                                        
Steven Ptacek, drums/percussion

This event was presented in conjunction with Carnival Nocturne playing through December 20 at the Storefront Theater. 

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Posted by DCA Theater on November 19, 2009 in July-December 2009 Season, Carnival Nocturne

November 19 — December 20
Storefront Theater

Silent Theatre Company welcomes visitors into the mysterious underground world of a traveling carnival. In the midst of fire breathers, fortune tellers, bestial tamers and natural freaks, a somber secret lies – a curse that binds them all together. With a live band and physical acts of carnival performance, this original dark fable combines the styles of Tim Burton and Edward Gorey in a thrilling and enchanting ride through a world of whimsy and macabre.

View photos by John W. Sisson, Jr.

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