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A Very Neo-Futurist Christmas Carol

Neo-Futurists
5153 N. Ashland Avenue Chicago

An alternative holiday show and environmental experience taking place throughout The Neo-Futurarium, A Very Neo-Futurist Christmas Carol is a re-telling of Dickens’ famous tale, with various chapters and themes represented as short vignettes. Created by the performing ensemble and hosted by the Grim Reaper, this show is equal parts deconstruction of the Dickens story, new and political takes on the original, and gripping personal tales that relate to its themes.

Thru - Dec 23, 2008


Price:$15

Show Type: Comedy

Box Office: 773-275-5255

www.neofuturists.org



  Review Round-Up

Chicago Reader - Somewhat Recommended

"...Five writer-performers use inventive, homemade stage effects (often involving food) to create a series of funny, poignant, and highly personal vignettes combining Scrooge's story with their own holiday memories. The most affecting of these are shared with us by the show's Tiny Tim, played by the diminutive, helium-voiced Jessica Anne, who imbues smallness with a kind of wounded outrage."
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Zac Thompson


Centerstage - Recommended

"...Half of the fun of seeing a Neo-Futurist production is to be trounced by their comic ingenuity, which is peppered with adept social commentary and anxious audience interaction. Yet, for every Tiny Tim with Turrets or raw chicken that falls from the ceiling during a show, there are equal parts insight and political relevance. An homage to American troops. A kind of interrogation by candlelight that asks how you plan to change the world. "I change the litter box," said Jessica Anne, whose foul-mouthed bursts were a particular highlight of the show. A remarkable ensemble cast of six both wrote and performed the hour and fifteen-minute production."
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Anna Pulley


Edge - Not Recommended

"...Despite a fair amount of energy spent singing, dancing and clowning, the show is at best a very pale parody, something without a quarter of the soul of the story it supposedly takes off from."
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Jack Hafferkamp


Steadstyle Chicago - Somewhat Recommended

"...The Neo-Futurists have decided to go back into the abstract and play around with a few ideas and concepts. There’s never a dull moment, a few moments of ingenious horseplay and Emjoy Gavino displays an incredible gift for singing. They’re visited by the three spirits with mouse-voice Jessica Anne playing Tiny Tim. Overall, "A Very Neo-Futurist Christmas" is right up there with James Spader’s Christmas party in the "Less Than Zero," based on Brett Easton Ellis’ revealing novel where he invites a group of friends over to help him “fuck Christmas.” The sketches are filled with screaming, slapstick and a lot of running around."
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Ruth Smerling


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