Solo Survivors: The art of the one-actor play | John Moore

https://denvergazette.com/arts-entertainment/solo-survivors-the-art-of-the-one-actor-play-john-moore/article_c6faffae-ba70-11ef-8082-a3f42addeba9.html

• Buba Basishvili, “The Bluebird,” Theatre Artibus. This bittersweet theatrical poem inspired by Charles Bukowski's famously tiny poem examines creator and performer Buba Basishvili’s own immigration story. Basishvili, an affable sort of clown who strikes me as our generation’s Dick Van Dyke, was born in the Republic of Georgia, under the occupation of the Soviet Red Army. His whimsical, wordless piece weaves pantomime, visual metaphor and physical comedy to explore universal immigrant themes of identity, exclusion and resilience. In his deceptively simple story, Basishvili’s immigrant, after enduring much pain and hardship, sees a bird that inspires him for the journey ahead. Onstage Colorado editor Alex Miller said Basishvili “has created a timeless piece that does an incredible job of wordlessly describing what that feels like.”