Theater.
For over a thousand years, one of literature's greatest tales has waited in silence. Now, a modern-day bard brings Beowulf to life. In this unique performance, Benjamin Bagby combines theater and music, performing the classic tale of King Hrothgar, the monster Grendel, and the hero Beowulf in the original Anglo-Saxon (with supertitles), while simultaneously providing the musical accompaniment on Anglo-Saxon harp. "Bagby comes as close to holding hundreds of people in a spell as ever a man has...That is much too rare an experience in theater" (The New York Times).
Tickets available through the Cal Performances Ticket Office at Zellerbach Hall; at (510) 642-9988 to charge by phone; online at www.calperformances.org; and at the door.
**Rush tickets: UCB students, $10; UCB faculty and staff (UCB ID required) and seniors age 65 or older, $15; all other community members, $20. Sales are limited to one ticket per person; all sales are cash only. Rush tickets are announced two hours prior to a performance and are available in person only at the Ticket Office beginning 1 hour before the performance; quantities may be limited. Information is available at 510-642-9988, press 2 for the rush hotline.
Ticket info: Half-price tickets are available for purchase by UC Berkeley students for all performances. Tickets go on sale August 9. Buy tickets by calling Cal Performances Box Office at 510-642-9988.
- Venue: Zellerbach Playhouse
- Date: Tue October 26, 2010 8:00pm
- City: Berkeley
- Price Range: $40
- Tickets: (510) 642-9988
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October 18, 2010
Benjamin Bagby may be uniquely qualified to perform Beowulf. He’s been making a progress back to the medieval epic’s source since the start of his career. The American-born, Paris-based early-music specialist arrives in the Bay Area this week to perform his acclaimed “reconstruction” of the Anglo-Saxon poem.
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