Pan Pan Theatre

The Crumb Trail (West Coast Premiere)

A deconstructed Hansel and Gretel, this wickedly funny multimedia theater piece blends the imaginary, subconscious, and real. The Crumb Trail takes on everything from parent-child relationships to Internet predators to the self-aware construction of our own identities. Replete with existential uncertainty and musical interludes, the piece is a sort of detective story, sharp and blunt, playing with views and illusions, detecting where we are at —but our conclusions remain in the dark.

Founded in 1991 by Aedin Cosgrove and Gavin Quinn, Pan Pan Theatre has since produced 22 productions, published a major photographic book, and produced a film, One. The ensemble has worked with a host of Irish and international performers and artists, and both worked and toured extensively throughout Ireland as well as Australia, Canada, China, Europe, Korea, and the United States.

Supported by Culture Ireland, Arts Council Ireland, and Dublin City Council.

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More than any other theater troupe I can think of, Pan Pan finds the soul-muddling angst in the Internet age, when computers with cameras and microphones instantly serve up private lives for public consumption. Ben Brantley, The New York Times