Villa Theater Lab Presents Visceral, Poetic Retelling of Minotaur Myth

From The Getty:

Next in the Getty’s Villa Theater Lab series is Asterion, a work-in-progress performance presented by The Ghost Road Company, one of Los Angeles’ most ambitious experimental theater ensembles. Inspired by the Greek myth of the Minotaur, Asterion explores the life of one man who has seen the dark side of his nature and fights to regain his humanity.

Returning from a sort of exile, battle weary Asterion faces a strange homecoming full of veiled intentions and twisted familial bonds. In this world of shadows, he must face his demons as those closest to him fan the flames of his monstrousness.

Asterion is a visceral, physical, and poetic retelling, conceived by Katharine Noon, artistic director of The Ghost Road Company, and reflects the recent work of the ensemble with the Polish theater company Teatr ZAR. The work also includes two of its performers, Tomasz Wierzbowski and Aleksandra Kotecka. After traveling to Wroclaw, Poland to collaborate with Teatr ZAR in July, Ghost Road has returned to Los Angeles to present this new work that now incorporates new musical elements and polyphonic singing throughout the performance.

Asterion performances will be held Saturday, Nov. 19 at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. as well as Sunday, Nov. 20 at 3 p.m.

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