7 (x 1) SAMURAI is Coming to Honolulu Theatre for Youth

An original one-man rendition of the Kurosawa epic "Seven Samurai" will be performed by David Gaines at Honolulu Theatre for Youth's Tenney Theatre, June 1, 2018 at 7:00pm. Tickets are $10.

About "7 (x 1) Samurai" (pronounced "7 (by one) Samurai"):
· A mix of mime, storytelling, and clown which recreates Akira Kurasawa's renowned 3 hour movie in the space of 60 minutes.
· An acrobatic tour-de-force by creator and performer David Gaines of Arlington, VA.
· Stunning Kabuki styled masks depict the two leading combatants as the actor darts from scene to scene, playing all the characters - villagers, horsemen, and samurais.

This is the classic story of a tiny village of subsistence farmers plagued by a band of brutal bandits who ride in on horseback each harvest season to rob, rape, and pillage. When a peasant seeks the help of Samurai warriors to rid them of the marauding bandits, he finds only one willing to accept the challenge. That Samurai finds six others to assist - each with a particular area of expertise. Together they prepare the villagers for what is to come, and engage in the spectacular battle that is the climax of the show.

"7 (x 1) Samurai" is a constant crowd pleaser and regularly sells out houses - from Vancouver to Tel Aviv. This production is appropriate for children ages 7 and up.

ABOUT DAVID GAINES: A graduate of, and later teacher at, the famed Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris, Mr. Gaines established a theatre company, "The Moving Picture Mime Show" in London that had great success and toured the world for 10 years. That company was considered a flagship cultural envoy, and performed in major theatre festivals around the world, including Hong Kong, New York, Tokyo, Bali, Beijing, and the official Edinburgh Festival.

Since his return to the U.S., he has taught workshops at many colleges and universities around the country and was a faculty member at the University of Missouri Kansas City Graduate Program. He has written and directed plays for other companies and acted in works from "Waiting for Godot" to "The Brothers Karamazov". He is a member of the Big Apple Circus Clown Care Unit, where he works in Children's National Medical Center (DC) and Johns Hopkins Hospital. He is currently teaching at George Mason University in Virginia, just outside Washington, DC.

Among his other achievements are the co-creation and direction of two shows for YBY Theatre in Salzburg, Austria ("Dich und Dunn" and "Schnick-Schnack") and the creation of a solo piece, "A Little Business at the Big Top", performed at the 2008 New York Clown Festival.

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