Dan Hoyle Returns After His Whirlwind, US State Department Sponsored Tour of Nigeria, to Perform Eleven Extra Shows of "Tings Dey Happen" at The Marsh
Following Dan Hoyle’s return from his whirlwind, US State Department sponsored tour of Nigeria, The Marsh is presenting 11 additional performances of “Tings Dey Happen,” his Will Glickman Award winning solo show about Nigerian oil politics. Hoyle will conduct post-show talkbacks after each Thursday and Friday night performance, during which he will answer audience questions and share his experiences. Who knows, maybe an epilogue will emerge?
San Francisco, CA, September 24, 2009 --(PR.com)-- “Riveting…Funny and Poignant…In the spirit of theatrical journalism exemplified by Anna Deavere Smith, Mr. Hoyle is both a first-rate reporter and actor.” —Wilborn Hampton, New York Times
“Wildly entertaining and the most nuanced and insightful treatment of the complexities of oil politics I have encountered in a decade of covering energy for The Economist.”—Vijay Vaitheeswaran, The Economist
“A smart, engrossing, funny, challenging and moving look at… Nigeria's bloody oil politics….an aptly complex, hard-hitting piece that paints memorably touching and entertaining figures.”—Robert Hurwitt, SF Chronicle
Following Dan Hoyle’s return from his whirlwind, US State Department sponsored tour of Nigeria, The Marsh is presenting 11 additional performances of “Tings Dey Happen,” his Will Glickman Award winning solo show about Nigerian oil politics. Hoyle will conduct post-show talkbacks after each Thursday and Friday night performance, during which he will answer audience questions and share his experiences. Who knows, maybe an epilogue will emerge?
The show will play at 8:00 pm on Thursday and Friday and 5:00 pm on Saturday from November 5 – 28, 2009 on The Marsh Mainstage, 1062 Valencia Street in San Francisco. For tickets, the public may call Brown Paper Tickets at 800-838-3006 or visit www.themarsh.org.
Part of the State Department's Public Speakers’ Series, the tour will visit the cities of Lagos, Calabar, Abuja, Jos and Bauchi. Hoyle and his show have already been profiled by Nigerian media, but both Hoyle and the State Department are hoping the show's humor and empathy can contribute to revitalizing a strained dialogue between the Nigerian government, its citizens and the oil companies. Ongoing attacks by militants on oil infrastructure have cut Nigeria's oil production to almost half of its capacity, but it remains the U.S.'s fifth largest supplier of crude.
The goal of the tour is to attract a diverse audience from all levels of society, including Nigerian government officials, multinational oil company managers, civil society groups, artists and intellectuals, as well as the motorbike drivers, bus conductors, roadside preachers, market women, day laborers, aspiring entrepreneurs, youth group leaders and fisherman by whom much of “Tings Dey Happen” was inspired. This will continue the show's commitment to civic dialogue that marked its long runs at The Marsh and at The Culture Project in New York, with audiences that included large groups of Chevron employees, anti-Chevron activists, Deutsch Bank Oil Analysts, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International Board Members, U.S. and Nigerian government officials, African journalists, and Nigerian expatriates. The hope is to further this conversation with the post performance discussions in November.
Developed with and directed by solo performance master Charlie Varon, “Tings Dey Happen” is a riveting adventure story, a geopolitical tour-de-force about the year Hoyle spent exploring the West African oil frontier. The Niger Delta has been targeted as the “new Middle East” of oil security and is an extremely dangerous place. The site of the same malarial swamp where disease and attacks from jealous warriors once killed the British, a second generation of warlords now blow up Chevron pipelines to steal the oil and militants kidnap oil workers. Hoyle traveled alone around the Delta creeks, befriending militants, warlords, diplomats, activists and prostitutes. Even the U.S. ambassador sought him out to find out what was going on. He will be unable to return to the creeks during his upcoming tour due to a much deteriorated security situation.
In this time of rising energy politics, and as witnessed by the State Department’s invitation, the show remains, if anything, even more relevant than when it premiered in 2007.
A native San Franciscan, Dan Hoyle is also the creator of two other hit shows, both performed in his unique form of journalistic theater: “Circumnavigator” and “Florida 2004: The Big Bummer.” Both enjoyed extended runs at The Marsh. His new show, “The Real Americans,” debuts at The Marsh in January, 2010.
For Calendar Editors
When: November 5 – 28, 2009
Showtimes: Thursday & Friday At 8:00 Pm; Saturday At 5:00 Pm
Where: The Marsh, 1062 Valencia Street Between 21st & 22nd Streets In San Francisco
Tickets: Thursdays $15-35, Fridays $20-35, Saturdays $25-35. All Sliding Scale. Reserved Seats $50
For Tickets, Call 800-838-3006 Or Visit Www.Themarsh.Org
For more information call 415-826-5750 or visit The Marsh website at www.themarsh.org
For a high-resolution downloadable press image, please visit: www.themarsh.org and click on media.
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“Wildly entertaining and the most nuanced and insightful treatment of the complexities of oil politics I have encountered in a decade of covering energy for The Economist.”—Vijay Vaitheeswaran, The Economist
“A smart, engrossing, funny, challenging and moving look at… Nigeria's bloody oil politics….an aptly complex, hard-hitting piece that paints memorably touching and entertaining figures.”—Robert Hurwitt, SF Chronicle
Following Dan Hoyle’s return from his whirlwind, US State Department sponsored tour of Nigeria, The Marsh is presenting 11 additional performances of “Tings Dey Happen,” his Will Glickman Award winning solo show about Nigerian oil politics. Hoyle will conduct post-show talkbacks after each Thursday and Friday night performance, during which he will answer audience questions and share his experiences. Who knows, maybe an epilogue will emerge?
The show will play at 8:00 pm on Thursday and Friday and 5:00 pm on Saturday from November 5 – 28, 2009 on The Marsh Mainstage, 1062 Valencia Street in San Francisco. For tickets, the public may call Brown Paper Tickets at 800-838-3006 or visit www.themarsh.org.
Part of the State Department's Public Speakers’ Series, the tour will visit the cities of Lagos, Calabar, Abuja, Jos and Bauchi. Hoyle and his show have already been profiled by Nigerian media, but both Hoyle and the State Department are hoping the show's humor and empathy can contribute to revitalizing a strained dialogue between the Nigerian government, its citizens and the oil companies. Ongoing attacks by militants on oil infrastructure have cut Nigeria's oil production to almost half of its capacity, but it remains the U.S.'s fifth largest supplier of crude.
The goal of the tour is to attract a diverse audience from all levels of society, including Nigerian government officials, multinational oil company managers, civil society groups, artists and intellectuals, as well as the motorbike drivers, bus conductors, roadside preachers, market women, day laborers, aspiring entrepreneurs, youth group leaders and fisherman by whom much of “Tings Dey Happen” was inspired. This will continue the show's commitment to civic dialogue that marked its long runs at The Marsh and at The Culture Project in New York, with audiences that included large groups of Chevron employees, anti-Chevron activists, Deutsch Bank Oil Analysts, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International Board Members, U.S. and Nigerian government officials, African journalists, and Nigerian expatriates. The hope is to further this conversation with the post performance discussions in November.
Developed with and directed by solo performance master Charlie Varon, “Tings Dey Happen” is a riveting adventure story, a geopolitical tour-de-force about the year Hoyle spent exploring the West African oil frontier. The Niger Delta has been targeted as the “new Middle East” of oil security and is an extremely dangerous place. The site of the same malarial swamp where disease and attacks from jealous warriors once killed the British, a second generation of warlords now blow up Chevron pipelines to steal the oil and militants kidnap oil workers. Hoyle traveled alone around the Delta creeks, befriending militants, warlords, diplomats, activists and prostitutes. Even the U.S. ambassador sought him out to find out what was going on. He will be unable to return to the creeks during his upcoming tour due to a much deteriorated security situation.
In this time of rising energy politics, and as witnessed by the State Department’s invitation, the show remains, if anything, even more relevant than when it premiered in 2007.
A native San Franciscan, Dan Hoyle is also the creator of two other hit shows, both performed in his unique form of journalistic theater: “Circumnavigator” and “Florida 2004: The Big Bummer.” Both enjoyed extended runs at The Marsh. His new show, “The Real Americans,” debuts at The Marsh in January, 2010.
For Calendar Editors
When: November 5 – 28, 2009
Showtimes: Thursday & Friday At 8:00 Pm; Saturday At 5:00 Pm
Where: The Marsh, 1062 Valencia Street Between 21st & 22nd Streets In San Francisco
Tickets: Thursdays $15-35, Fridays $20-35, Saturdays $25-35. All Sliding Scale. Reserved Seats $50
For Tickets, Call 800-838-3006 Or Visit Www.Themarsh.Org
For more information call 415-826-5750 or visit The Marsh website at www.themarsh.org
For a high-resolution downloadable press image, please visit: www.themarsh.org and click on media.
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