UCLA Live

Equally in dance, spoken word, jazz, roots, classical and world music, and the ever-popular Royce Choice series, you will find pleasures to tempt even the most jaded palette!


Druid Ireland
The Walworth Farce

Freud Playhouse
November 11-15, 2009

At 11 a.m. in a grotty London flat, Dinny and his two adult sons begin their daily routine. Iron the dress. Get the roast chicken. Brush the wigs. Start the show. Then, over the course of two hours, kill off five people, as usual. This tragedy wrapped in farce upends all cozy, homespun Irish-immigrant tales of the old country. Playwright Enda Walsh delves unsparingly into why Dinny left Ireland, why his sons don’t leave him, and the story that has entrapped them all.

Loud & Rich
Loudon Wainwright III and Richard Thompson

Royce Hall
November 13, 2009, 8pm

Tears and laughter? Equally likely when Richard Thompson and Loudon Wainwright III join forces. Though Thompson’s an English folk-rock progenitor (from his Fairport Convention days on) and Wainwright comes from the American singer-songwriter realm, their songs dissecting the human psyche share an affecting poignancy and incisive wit. Thompson, who routinely is found near the top of rock guitarist rankings, was a standout at the McCabe’s 50th anniversary celebration at UCLA Live in 2008. Wainwright recently lent his wry takes to the “Knocked Up” soundtrack and put new perspective on material from his youth on the album “Recovery.”

TR Warszawa
T.E.O.R.E.M.A.T.

Freud Playhouse
November 18-19, 2009, 8pm

“Coming tomorrow” is all the telegram says. For a wealthy industrialist and his family, it is a terribly inadequate warning of the otherworldly force about to rip through their structured lives. Inspired by Pier Paolo Pasolini’s 1968 cult-favorite film "Teorema," trailblazing Polish director Grzegorz Jarzyna has crafted a play that is simultaneously suspenseful and existential. In a hypnotic series of near-wordless scenes, the mysterious visitor will seduce the whole household—the children, the wife, even the maid. Is this stranger a demon, or heaven-sent? Will he deliver salvation or destruction?

Reggie Wilson/Fist & Heel Performance Group
The Good Dance – dakar/brooklyn

Royce Hall
November 20-21, 2009, 8pm

The potent and evocative productions of Reggie Wilson and his Fist & Heel Performance Group fuse contemporary dance with the spiritual traditions of the African Diaspora, punctuating the movement with body percussion, aspirated breath, singing and shouts. For this new work, “The Good Dance – dakar/brooklyn,” Wilson teamed up with Congolese choreographer Andréya Ouamba to examine the metaphoric, historic and real-world parallels between the Mississippi and Congo rivers and their respective cultures.

More info

Royce Hall: UCLA Campus, Los Angeles, CA 90024.
Directions: Enter campus at Royce Drive off of Sunset Blvd; One Mile East of the 405 freeway.
Parking: Enter campus at Royce Dr. off of Sunset Blvd. Attendants will direct you to parking structure #5, or the nearest available lot if full. Parking is $10.

Box Office Phone: (310) 825-2101
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UCLA Campus:
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Enter at Wyton Dr. Parking in Structure 3
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