What: Manding Jata, The Lion of Mali
When: April 18, 3:00
When: Beasley Coliseum
Let MANDING JATA transport you to the great Manding/Mali Empire centered in the fabled city of Timbuktu to experience the fascinating music, dance and oral traditions of the Mande speaking peoples of West Africa. The performance will include a music and dance theatre presentation called the, “Sunjata Epic,” unfurling one of the great stories of human history ? the rise of the invalid prince Sunjata Keita, and the founding of the Mali Empire. Ancient and unusual instruments, colorful masks, and athletic displays of strength, grace and acrobatics make this program a unique experience long to be remembered.

Manding Jata has performed for enthusiastic audiences around the world. Canadian press has said “the thrills explode” and “the audience is bathed in the complex beauty of Manding culture.” Australian press described it as a “Complex Cultural Circus”, and in Bermuda it was called “a stunningly sophisticated blend.

Production at the Beasley Coliseum. For more info Click Here.

“The spectacle is the color and the breathtaking circus acts that they do”

The Golden Dragon Acrobats represent the best of a time honored tradition that began more than twenty-seven centuries ago. Cirque DOr combines award-winning acrobatics, costumes, traditional dance, ancient and contemporary music and theatrical techniques to present a show of skill and beauty.

Direct from Hebei, China, the company has traveled around the world to all 50 states and to over 65 countries on five continents performing their awesome feats of athleticism. With performers trained in the rigorous art of acrobatics since early youth, the troupe has garnered international acclaim, and has been presented with several major awards. The members of the Golden Dragon Acrobats are actors, athletes, and artists, with an unmistakable love for their art and sharing it with audiences all over the world. A “don’t miss” event!

Performance is March 28th at 3PM at the Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum. For More Info Click Here.

Treasure Island

Performing March 18-28, 2010
Directed by Fred Dole.

Masterful Adventure!

“Treasure Island” was written and first performed in 2008. The play was an immediate hit. Based on the masterful adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, “Treasure Island,” is a stunning yarn of piracy on the tropical seas. It begins at an inn on the Devon coast of England in 1775 and quickly becomes an unforgettable tale of treachery and mayhem featuring a host of legendary swashbucklers including the dangerous Billy Bones, the sinister two-timing Israel Hands, the brassy woman pirate Anne Bonney, and the hideous form of evil incarnate, Blind Pew. At the center of it all are Jim Hawkins, a 14-year-old boy who longs for adventure and the infamous Long John Silver, who is a complex study of good and evil, perhaps the most famous hero-villain of all time. Silver is an unscrupulous buccaneer-rogue whose greedy quest for gold, coupled with his affection for Jim, cannot help but win the heart of every soul who has ever longed for romance, treasure and adventure. “Adapted with savvy showmanship by playwright Ken Ludwig the show could usefully serve many youngsters as an introduction to the magic of live theatre. It is a streamlined and exciting entertainment for audiences of all ages.” Variety Magazine

A Lewiston Civic Theatre production. For more info Click Here