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CHARACTER AND CREATURE DESIGNS
Jul 31, 2010
Lectures
Neville Page, one of the film industry's best character and creature designer, will talk about his work in films like Avatar, Cloverfield and Star Trek in a talk called "How to Create a Creature from Soup to Nuts.32 other things to do in San Diego 31 Saturday
Curtain call
A double bill at a refurbished and newly named theater in Hillcrest—plus all the other plays in production
Check This Out
To hell and back: If you think the old Compass Theatre was a disaster area, you’re on the money—except your account doesn’t take in the half of it (the place was loopy with faulty wiring, rampant filth backstage and, perhaps because the actors had no bathroom of their own, the odor of stale pee). But the scrappy folks at Ion Theatre Company, the venue’s new anchor tenant, are used to such obstacles, which is why they’re such a great fit for the place. They’ve renamed the venue BLK BOX @ 6th and Penn, and in an absolutely gargantuan effort, they’ve rebuilt the interior from top to bottom (I looked in a few days ago). It’ll all be worth the trouble when the troupe mounts the dark Eliot, a Soldier’s Fugue and the thriller Back of the Throat as an inaugural double bill. Ion’s rebuild is a giant step forward for the Hillcrest area and the opening salvo in the company’s plans for off-night programming—but, man, that new name needs work. Eliot, a Soldier’s Fugue and Back of the Throat open Saturday, March 20; the address is 3704 Sixth Ave. There’s a restaurant walk between shows that day. $35 opening night, $20-$24 all others. www.iontheatre.com.
Correction: The original version of this story said the double bill opens March 13. The opening has since been pushed back.
Opening
Triple Espresso: Three friends go for their big break as a comedy trio and run into failure after failure. Opens March 16 at The Lyceum, 79 Horton Plaza, Downtown. $25-$39. www.tripleespresso.com.
Now Playing
An Inspector Calls: Low-born Eva Smith is dead, and Inspector Goole thinks the hoity-toity Birlings had something to do with it. Through March 21 at the Ione and Paul Harter Stage, 1142 Orange Ave. in Coronado. $26-$58. www.lambsplayers.org.
* Little Women: Jo March fights for her rights as a 19th-century human being, and for the most part, her sisters are pretty cool with that. Through March 14 at North Coast Repertory Theatre, 987-D Lomas Santa Fe Drive in Solana Beach. www.northcoastrep.org.
* Pump Boys and Dinettes: Rhetta and Prudie serve up family fare and the latest gossip at the Double Cupp Diner. Produced by Lamb’s Players Theatre, it runs through March 28 at The Horton Grand Theatre, 444 Fourth Ave., Downtown. $26-$48. www.lambsplayers.org.
* Orestes: Orestes exacts a little street justice on behalf of his dad, and now the Furies are driving him nuts. Through March 21 at The Theatre Inc., 899 C St., Downtown. $22-$25. www.thetheatreinc.com.
