'Spotlight on Oliver Cadiot' at 59E59's Theatre B

In Parentheses presents Spotlight on Olivier Cadiot, 3 plays by the French poet Olivier Cadiot, at 59E59's Theatre B from the 2 - 27 Nov 2005 as part of Act French.

Olivier Cadiot was born in Paris in 1956. His first book of poems, l�Art po�tic, was published in 1988, followed by several short plays for composer Pascal Dusapin and an adaptation of the opera, Romeo & Juliet. In 1993, he published Futur, ancien, fugitif then Le colonel des zouaves (also 1993) and Fairy Queen (2002);

Spotlight on Olivier Cadiot plays as follows:

• Colonel Zoo
  Banished to his basement, a zealous servant attempts to improve his service. But things very rapidly take a turn for the worse, as professional conscientiousness degenerates into all-consuming obsession.
  Translated by Cole Swensen
  Directed by Ludovic Lagarde
  Cast: Laurent Poitrenaux
  Wed 2 & Thu 3 Nov at 8pm
  In French with English subtitles
• Fairy Queen
  Lunch with Gertrude Stein? It�s any avant-garde poet�s dream. So the Fairy is off in a flash to the famous apartment on the rue de Fleurus. The American poetess and leading light of the pre-war Parisian intelligentsia is brought back to life for the occasion along with her companion, secretary and cook Alice Toklas.
  Translated by Cole Swensen
  Directed by Ludovic Lagarde
  Cast: Valerie Dashwood (The fairy), Philippe Duquesne (Gertrude Stein) and Laurent Poitrenaux (Alice Toklas)
  Fri 4 & Sat 5 Nov at 8pm
  In French with English subtitles
• A.W.O.L.
  A homeless man in the street of New York City transforms himself into a zealous butler, a spy, a colonel and a Master. He becomes prey to his own imagination and delusions, both hilarious and heart breaking: he invites himself for dinner and becomes an American Hero. It is the rise to power of a crazy man in a world gone mad.
  Translated by Cole Swensen
  Directed by Marion Schoevaert
  Cast: Steven Rattazzi and the Gay Gotham Chorus
  from the 8 - 27 Nov
  Performed in English