Theatre Sans Fil to brings The Hobbit to life this February
JRR Tolkien’s The Hobbit will be brought to life by Théâtre Sans Fil this February. The performance will be staged at Purdue University at 1:30 p.m., February 20 in the Stewart Center’s Loeb Playhouse. The event is presented by Purdue Convocations and is recommended for children ages 7 and older.
Inspired by the ancient Japanese art of Bunraku theatre, Théâtre Sans Fil – literally, "theatre without strings" – uses nearly 50 life-size puppets along with imaginative set design, original music and spectacular effects to tell the story of Bilbo Baggins’ journey through Middle Earth, his quest for treasure and his magical encounters with trolls, goblins, dwarfs and dragons. With an inventive approach to fairy tales, fantasy and science fiction, Théâtre Sans Fil has enchanted audiences around the world for almost four decades.
Tickets are $18 for adults and $12 for children 18 years and younger, Purdue students and Ivy Tech Lafayette students. Tickets are available at the Elliott Hall and Stewart Center box offices at 765-494-3933 or 800-914-SHOW. Tickets also are available through Ticketmaster outlets. Discounted tickets for groups of 10 or more can be ordered at 765-496-1977.
Initiated in 1902, Purdue Convocations is among the oldest collegiate professional performing arts presenters in the United States. Each year, Convocations offers the region 30-40 performances of widely varying genres: Broadway-style shows, theatre, dance, children’s theatre, world music, jazz and chamber music, along with rock, pop, country and comedy attractions. With a vision for connecting artists and audiences in artistic dialogue and for drawing in academic discourse, Purdue Convocations aims to promote frequent exposure to, and familiarity with, human cultural expression in a multitude of forms and media.
About The Hobbit
Poor Bilbo Baggins! An unassuming and rather plump hobbit (as most of these small, furry- footed people tend to be ), Baggins finds himself unwittingly drawn into adventure by a wizard named Gandalf and 13 dwarves bound for the Lonely Mountain, where a dragon named Smaug hordes a stolen treasure. Before he knows what is happening, Baggins finds himself on the road to danger. Wizards, dwarves and dragons may seem the stuff of children’s fairy tales, but The Hobbit is in a class of its own–light-hearted enough for younger readers, yet with a dark edge guaranteed to intrigue an older audience. In the best tradition of the archetypal hero’s quest, Bilbo Baggins sets out on his fateful journey a callow, untested soul and returns–tempered by hardship, danger and loss–a better man–er, hobbit.
This book is the predecessor to Tolkien’s masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, and though that trilogy can be thoroughly enjoyed without first reading The Hobbit, much that happens in the later novels is foreshadowed here. A word of caution, however: as Bilbo discovers early on, travel and adventure are addictive things; embark on this journey to the Lonely Mountain with Tolkien’s reluctant hero, and you might not be able to stop there. And the road taken to the distant mountains of Mordor in the ensuing trilogy is an even more perilous one.
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Posted: February 8th, 2010
Author: Lee
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