Manual Cinema: The 4th Witch
- Full Price $55-$95 (NYU Box Office in-person
- online $58-$98 includes $3 web fee)
ABOUT Cameras roll, hands reach in, a shadow becomes a forest, a scrap of cardboard becomes a castle. You watch the movie get made. On a table full of overhead projectors, paper puppets, and tiny sets, the artists of Manual Cinema build Macbeth shot by shot in front of you, and a finished film assembles itself on the
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screen above. Immersive sound design and an original score are played live. The story starts where Shakespeare's play ends. A girl loses her home and family to war, runs into the woods, and is taken in by three witches who feed her hunger for revenge on the warlord who did it. Shakespeare's tragedy unfolds somewhere offstage; The 4th Witch keeps its eye on the child left in the wreckage, and along the way, a taste for blood passes from one generation to the next. It is strange, handmade, and beautiful.ADVISORY Recommended for ages 12 and up. There are loud sounds and flashing lights.RUN TIME 65 minutes
Jack H. Skirball Center For The Performing Arts
Manhattan — 566 LaGuardia Pl, New York, NY 10012
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