Event

Queen of Knives

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WE KNOW THAT BROWNPAPERTICKET SAYS THAT IF YOU SHOW UP AN HOUR BEFORE HAND YOU CAN GET TICKETS. THIS IS NOT ACCURATE!!! ALL SHOWS ARE SOLD OUT. IF YOU SHOW UP ONE HOUR BEFORE HAND YOU CAN BE PUT ON TO A WAITING LIST, BUT THAT'S THE BEST WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW! WE'RE VERY SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING!!

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Queen of Knives, a Knife Throwing bullseye opera, brought to the stage by Vagabond Opera and Wanderlust Circus, will premier at the Interstate Cultural Firehouse Center May 7th-15th. Composed by Portland's own Eric Stern (Vagabond Opera, Monsters of Accordion) and directed by Noah Mickens (Wanderlust Circus, Bogville), Queen of Knives runs just six shows at the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center before heading into the uncertain future. Don't let the chance to watch it pass you by. Show Details May 07, 8th, 9th and 14th, 15th, and 16th Friday - Saturday 8:00pm and Sundays at 2:00pm. $20 general admission, $18 Students (ID required at door), $15 Group. To ensure your seat at this event purchase tickets up to 6 weeks prior to performance. Tickets available 1 hour before curtain at the IFCC.----About The Opera---Queen of Knives, by American composer Eric Stern, is a full-length opera, in English. The opera takes place in a traveling carnival and tells the story of a brother and sister knife-throwing act in the midst of the student protests in Birmingham in the early 1960's. The story revolves around the relationship of the siblings and a femme fatal who eventually comes between them by challenging their superstitious beliefs in the volatile alchemy of a magic knife and a mysterious ritual. All of this transpires within the whimsical, colorful and often somber backdrop of a carnival landscape littered with barkers, a fire dancer, a belly dancer and vagabond arias.Read MORE about the opera here: http://vagabondopera.com/queen-of-knives/