Andre and Dorine NYC Reviews and Tickets
About the Show
Production Covid-19 Safety ProtocolsShow-Score Member Reviews (12)
See it if you want a memorable play, very different from the usual. No dialogue, no speaking, yet a complicated plot & emotions conveyed beautifully.
Don't see it if You want a conventional play. There is not any other reason to not see it. Read more
See it if See if you're willing to watch three performers narrate a moving story without talking a single word. Perfectly executed.
Don't see it if you were looking for a typical broadway show
See it if You enjoy seeing moving excellent performances that capture what it is being human. Three professional actors create the beautiful story.
Don't see it if You do not enjoy puppet characters or if you cannot sit in a silent theater fir ninety minutes.
See it if There is no conversation so (3) actors use background music as pacer. Easy to understand by gesture. Almost like a real-life puppet show
Don't see it if The theme is universal. Many audience members were sobbing. This troupe from Basque country delivered high artistic and humane value
See it if a nice take on a tough subject (alzheimers) and the enduring love of a couple. yet, still had comical moments. very heartwarming
Don't see it if no words which may annoy some people.
See it if you are open to alternative modes of acting
Don't see it if you are blind since all interaction is nonverbal, you are sensitive to tales about dementia
See it if Very theatrical experience with actors in expressive masks. Often moving, dealing with existential life issues and real life experiences.
Don't see it if There is no dialogue and all is conveyed through movement and gestures. A little slow at times.
See it if You can withstand a journey through the all too familiar family crisis of Alzheimers as a play; can deal with mime acting in masks
Don't see it if Watching the long time relationship of aging parents affected by dementia will trigger you Read more
Critic Reviews (4)
"It is astonishing what the team is able to say without actually saying a word, and they do so effortlessly, weaving back and forth between the present-day and the past, showing the audience how Andre and Dorine first met, the innocence they once shared together and how so much has changed since then."
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This charming show comes from the acclaimed Spanish troupe, Kulunka Teatro. The ensemble of Jose Dault, Garbiñe Insausti and Edu Cárcamo all offer awesome physically commanding silent portrayals of a variety of types while encased in Ms. Insausti’s stupendously created caricaturist masks. Their handling of props is majestic. During the exhilarating curtain call, the cast appears without masks, and their magnetism is even more visible. André & Dorine’s engaging wry scenario was devised by Insausti, Mr. Dault, Iñaki Rikarte, Mr. Cárcamo and Rolando San Martín.
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"Precisely because no words are used, the inexpressible can be expressed: the indescribable depth of love and devotion that stems from the shared experience of two people who have built a life together, and the unutterable grief that comes when one of the two begins to mentally withdraw."
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"A soul-warming show that pulls at the heartstrings. The characters, masks, and music all work in unison to create a beautiful yet real world of the perils of living and surviving with Alzheimer’s. "
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