Houston Chronicle:
The informal mood, the cast emerging
from the bar crowd, the brusque and punchy staging, the vigorous and at
times explosive performance, and the evocative use of projections, sound
montages and other production effects - just about everything adds to
the sense of an out-of-the-ordinary experience rather than a more
typical play...after Horse Head’s comparably punchy Red Light Winter and
Fault Lines, I’d say this new company is three for three.
Read the full review by Everett Evans
Houston Press Art Attack:
At its core, the play is not so much a story
as it is an exploration of violence and crowds, using Buford's own
personal experience with British soccer hooligans in the 1980s as the ways and means.
Read the full review by David Feil
Chron.com - The Critics' Critic:
...one of Houston’s newest and boldest
theatre companies...has scored another hit with their brilliantly
staged, raucously realized, brutally brazen and boisterously bold production of Among The Thugs.
Read the full review by Buzz Bellmont
Houston P.A. on Clear Channel Houston Radio:
Listen to this fascinating interview about
Horse Head Theatre and our latest production, "Among the Thugs." What
hooliganism is all about, what you can expect at the show, and more.
Host Laurent Fouilloud-Buyat chats with Kevin Holden, Drake Simpson,and Sky King.
CLICK HERE TO LISTEN.
Houston Press Art Attack blog says:
After two successful shows boasting acting
and design talent, plus a penchant for dirty, male-oriented dialogue,
Horse Head Theatre is going male-only for its third production, a stage
adaptation of Louisiana journalist Bill Buford's acclaimed 1990
non-fiction book Among the Thugs.
Read the entire article here.
CultureMap says:
Then there are the
thinking-out-of-the-black-box folks like Kevin Holden of Horse Head
Theatre Company, who staged Fault Lines at Brewery Tap. Horse
Head's next play, Among the Thugs, takes place in the basement of the
Magnolia Ballroom. Holden promises lots of atmosphere, including a dank
basement stench.
Read the entire article here.
FAULT LINES NEWS:
Guys' night out goes ballistic in Fault Lines - Everett Evans, Houston Chronicle
A Stage We're Drinking Through - John DeMers of Houston Arts Week
Horse Head Theatre's Fault Lines is Theatre at its Very Finest - Buzz Bellmont, Houston Chronicle
Art in a bar: When drunks become unwitting extras - Nancy Wozny, CultureMap
Houston Press Review Horse Head Theatre's Civic Duty - Fault Lines actor interview, 29-95.com
Some Houston arts groups take audience participation to a new level - Nancy Wozny, CultureMap
Houston Chronicle's "Best of 2009"
Red Light Winter is among 16 of "this year's most memorable shows."
The Houston Chronicle says:
Red Light Winter: Horse Head Theatre, a
new group, made a strong debut with its hard-hitting realization of Adam
Rapp's provocative tragicomedy about two buddies' encounter with a
Amsterdam prostitute and its complicated aftermath. As a lovestruck
suicidal loner, indie-theater favorite Troy Schulze gave perhaps his
best performance yet.
Read more here.
RED LIGHT WINTER NEWS:
Houston Chronicle says:
The new Horse Head Theatre Co. is off to a
roaring good start with its potent, ingeniously realized Houston
premiere of Adam Rapp's edgy and provocative Red Light Winter.
Read the entire Chronicle review here.
Nancy Wozny of Houston ArtsWeek says:
It was all kind of strange, and
strangely exciting. Change doesn’t come easy, so bravo to these bold
folks who dare to rethink and repackage the way we experience
theater.
Listen to Horse Head on KUHF Houston Public Radio's "The Front Row"
Access the interview online here.
Houston Press says:
Turning 30 is hard in Adam Rapp’s Red Light Winter
Read the Houston Press preview here.
Houston Modern Luxury says:
Rock the Stage!
A damn good show with lots of stimulation.
Read the article on page 70 of the digital magazine here.
CEREMONY NEWS:
Horse Head Theatre Company Gets Its Ritual On
by dancehunter
for 29-95.com
Kevin Holden and the
co-conspirators at Horse Head Theatre Company are determined to shake up
the status quo. To launch their inaugural season they have planned Ceremony, which will serve to train audiences members in the way of the Horse Head.
29-95: Can you give us a tiny teaser on what to expect in Ceremony?
KH: From 9 p.m. to midnight it should be an
interesting evening of drinking and ambiance. At midnight, we'll see an
explosion of sensory input that should create a euphoric, primal, soul
tempest.
29-95: The tag line reads, “exotic. altering. tantric. explosive.” Care to explain?
KH: These are words to describe passionate sex, a good art experience should be quite similar.
Read more...
Ceremony: Horse Head Theatre says "Hello, Houston" with a mix of lights, dance and sound
by Dusti Rhodes of the Houston Press
Horse Head, Houston's latest
theater troupe, begins each run with a cocktail reception/paganish
ritual dance party. The event is meant to ease patrons into Horse
Head's freestyle performance, which is more akin to a sporting event or
a rock show than an average night at the theater. Drinking will be
interrupted by synchronized lights and sound, and patrons are
encouraged to do whatever they want.
Read more...
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