Thanks to letoile for choosing The Soap Factory as their pick for 2014s Best Performance Venue! The Soap Factory never fails to impress us! They continue to be a unique and local resource and have never faltered with their vision of engaging artist and viewer in consumable art. A true Minneapolis art staple, this year they not only celebrated their 25th anniversary, but doubled down as a viable performance venue and hosted some of our favorite performance art of the year; including Venus DeMars’ surreal LGBT cabaret The Queer’s Book Of Journey: A User’s Guide For The Lost and Found, Theatre Coup d’Etat’s intimate and hauntingly raw production of One Flea Spare, Minneapolis Music Company‘s spellbinding inaugural dance/theater production of Devilish Dances, and this year’s stellar version of their epically-constructed, nightmarish world that is The Haunted Basement, which left us feeling more than a little dirty. But of all of these fantastic performances, what sealed the deal was their acclaimed co-production of Live Action Set‘s Fringe Festival adaptation of Crime and Punishment. Like a nightmarish “Choose Your Own Adventure,” director Noah Bremer’s interactive production blended physical theater, dance, gory effects, and custom smells from the St. Croix Sensory to create an immersive environment where the story was charged forward by the audience’s unique experience and ultimately worked into the classic’s tormented journey. By hosting some of the best shows of the year, the secret about The Soap Factory as a viable space for performing arts is out in the Twin Cities, and we could not be happier! -Juleana Enright letoilemagazine/2014/12/22/a-few-of-our-favorite-things-the-best-of-2014/
Posted on: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 22:25:28 +0000
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