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Critical Rave Wave

The Temptation of St Antony is sold out again through this weekend and we’re receiving the most incredible response from audiences and critics alike. Read the latest below… “The Temptation of St Antony is as all-consuming in its concerns, and as vivid and innovative in its theatrical gestures, as Einstein on the Beach, but compresses […]

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Press Roundup

Los Angeles Times expansive feature on four larks and interview with Mat and Sebastian: latimes.com Los Angeles Downtown News interview with Mat and Ellen on the music and experience of The Temptation of St Antony: ladowntownnews.com Truthdig feature on contemporary stagings of New Music- features and interview with Mat: truthdig.com KCRW‘s Fall Theatre Picks features […]

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On Flaubert, St Antoine, & Nice

Gustave Flaubert‘s The Temptation of St Antony is an interrogation of humanity’s religious impulse. The author was compelled and repulsed by the subject in equal measure. He loathed the irrationality and dangerous indoctrination he perceived in the church, but adored the ritual, tradition, curiosity and joyful communion that springs from the same well. We’ve spent the last few years wrestling with Flaubert’s gorgeous […]

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LÅRKSPRÜNG

Come hear an incredible night of globe spanning music in our secret cavern downtown!  LÅRKSPRÜNG features Silvester(DK), Dhara World Music, Lukas Papenfusscline, Katherine Redlus, Prudence Rees-Lee feat. Dan Destiny, Lionel O, and a special guest appearance from those rapskallions Wet the Hippo Collective.