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The Mystery Of Irma Vep

Event posted June 4, 2007
Last updated June 4, 2007

When:

Sundays at 4 p.m.
(Runs until Sunday, July 29, 2007)
Mondays at 8 p.m.
(Runs until Sunday, July 29, 2007)
Tuesdays at 8 p.m.
(Runs until Sunday, July 29, 2007)
Wednesdays at 8 p.m.
(Runs until Sunday, July 29, 2007)
Thursdays at 8 p.m.
(Runs until Sunday, July 29, 2007)
Fridays at 8 p.m.
(Runs until Sunday, July 29, 2007)
Saturdays at 8 p.m.
(Runs until Sunday, July 29, 2007)

Where:

Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
1010 N. MacInnes Place, Tampa, FL
813-229-7827

Cost:

$10 - $24.50

Age limit:

All ages

Categories:

Theater

More Info:

Named one of the best plays of 1984 byTime Magazine and The New York Times and winner of Drama Desk and Obie awards, playwright Charles Ludlam weaves a campy, hilarious tale centered around Mandacrest Estate, home to Lord Edgar and Lady Enid, Lord Edgar’s second wife. Lord Edgar is still recovering from the passing of his first wife Irma. The staff, a maid, Jane Twisden and a swineherd named Nicodemus Underwood have their own opinions of Lady Enid. An outrageous romp.

WHERE: SHIMBERG PLAYHOUSE, TBPAC, 1010 N. McInnis Place, Tampa, FL

WHEN: Thursday, July 12, '07 @ 8pm (Preview)
Friday, July 13 - July 29, '07 @ 8pm. Sundays @ 4pm

COST: $10 Preview; $24.50, Student Rush 1/2 price 90 minutes before curtain

CALL: (813) 229-STAR

ABOUT THE PLAY: The name Irma Vep is an anagram for vampire. It is a campy tribute to Gothic horror films, stealing from well-known films like Wuthering Heights, The Mummy’s Curse and Hitchcock’s film, Rebecca. Audiences will recognize dialogue from Ibsen, Shakespeare, Poe, the Bronte Sisters, Omar Khayyam and Oscar Wilde. The plot is secondary to the clever fast paced spoof of eight characters, complete with werewolves, vampires and damsels in distress. It has been compared to a theatrical high-wire act.