San Diego Arts

Zirk Ubu's 'Adrift' at SUSHI
Unanchored anarchy
Even without several cocktails, Zirk Ubu zaps the logical mind. Like many alternative circus troupes, Zirk is a lively mix of performance art, circus skills, puppets, storytelling, and "noise music," with a splash of ... [More]

The Seafarer at the San Diego Rep
The dark side of Christmas
Conor McPherson is Irish. Very Irish. And his play, "The Seafarer," which opened November 20 at the San Diego Repertory Theatre, presents an Irish male's take on the joys of Christmas. Which is to say, that it's not real joyful and lots of ... [More]

Musica ad Rhenum at the San Diego Early Music Society
"The Apotheosis of Beauty": Chamber works of Telemann and Couperin
What’s on my iPod? Well, because it’s one of those 80 gigabyte models, I was able to load a decent chunk of my classical music library on the thing. It’s only a small portion of the CDs I have amassed over the years, but ... [More]

Hansel and Gretel at the Lyric Opera of San Diego
An old chestnut gets a new/old production
Engelbert Humperdinck's "Hansel and Gretel" was first produced in 1891, and for many children it has served as a first introduction to the world of opera. While the plot has no real religious overtones, it was first devised as a Christmas ... [More]

Aviv String Quartet at UC San Diego
Panache and Muscle
Amid the plethora of up-and-coming string quartets, the Aviv String Quartet, an ensemble of serious-minded and highly disciplined young Israeli musicians, paid a visit to UC San Diego’s new ... [More]

Tara Donovan at the Downtown MCASD
An Elephant in the Museum?
Did you like blowing bubbles as a child? Just by waving a soapy wand through the air one could create fragile orbs gleaming with iridescent rainbows. A soap bubble floating through the air is ethereal and fascinating. Several ... [More]

'Myth Project V - Cowboys: The American Heroes' at SUSHI
Hit and miss
We can thank Buffalo Bill Cody for our love affair with the American cowboy. His Wild West Show toured the world in the late 1880's, and big city audiences flocked to see the spectacle of re-enacted attacks on stagecoaches, shooting ... [More]

"Picasso at the Lapin Agile" at New Village Arts Theatre, Carlsbad
Genius creativity comes in countless, often confounding forms, not always instantly obvious. Somewhere in a disreputable dive tonight, ideas shaping the 21st Century and beyond may spark against each other, not quite ready to ignite but getting ... [More]

San Diego Symphony Plays Mendelssohn and Strauss
Our neighbors of the great metropolis to the north find themselves in the midst of a publicity barrage that is capitalizing on the young, photogenic Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel. This celebrity phenomenon has a ... [More]

City Ballet of San Diego's 'Giselle' at the Spreckels Theatre
Rich production, memorable performances
City Ballet of San Diego, a company known for its sleek Balanchine productions, retained historical details and deep emotions in its attractive revival of "Giselle" at the Spreckels Theatre over the weekend.<p ... [More]