Arts Listings
Around the East Bay: The 'Nose', the "Norman Conquests', and 'Macbeth'
After the holidays, the first half of January is usually the doldrums for theater. But three unusual events will be staged in the next week or two:
Brilliant Russian actor-director Oleg Liptsin will perform his version of Gogol’s The Nose at the Berkeley City Club, 8 p.m. Thurs.–Sat., Jan. 14–16, with iPhone and interactive video; he took it to Taipei, Eastern Europe and the Fringe of the Avignon Festival in Provence over the past year. $15-$20; (415) 944-1555.
Shotgun Players start their Champagne Series of one night only staged readings of Alan Ayckbourn’s great comic trilogy, The Norman Conquests, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 12 at the Ashby Stage (Joy Carlin, Mina Morita and Patrick Dooley direct) for three Tuesdays at the Ashby Stage ($100 for all three, plus champagne, hors d’oeuvres and other perks). And Subterranean Shakespeare fires up their Superintensive Mondays with “the Scottish Play,” MacBeth, at 7:30 p.m., featuring lively staged readings of The Bard’s whole canon at the Unitarian Fellowship at Cedar and Bonita streets. $8. 276-3871.