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The Brooks Center at Clemson University is playing hosts to several show-stopping acts this February. Theatre companies, jazz groups, and lions, tigers, and bears are all slated to make an appearance. For more information on any of the performances listed, visit www.clemson.edu/Brooks. A full schedule of events is below:
CLEMSON CHORAL ENSEMBLES TO PRESENT ANNUAL 'POPS' CONCERT An evening of finger-snappin' and toe-tappin' vocal music is on tap when the Clemson University Choral Ensembles perform on Friday, Feb. 3, at 8 p.m. at the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts. The annual concert will include selections of jazz standards, golden oldies, spirituals and contemporary pop tunes, showcasing the voices of the best university singers. The groups set to perform are the Clemson University Singers, Men's Glee, Women's Glee, Impulse, Southern Accent, TakeNote and Tigeroar. General admission tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for students. To purchase tickets or for information, call the Brooks Center box office, (864) 656-7787, Monday-Friday, 1-5 p.m. KIDS CIRCUS COMES TO CLEMSON As part of Clemson University's Brooks Center for the Performing Arts' Family Series, the Russian American Kids Circus will present a show of daring feats that are sure to keep the audience on the edge of their seats Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 7 p.m. The Russian-American Kids Circus is a professional circus of stars between the ages of 6 and 16. Using state-of-the-art techniques in the hallowed tradition of the circus, these artists fill the stage with a blur of spangles, soaring acrobatics, synchronized uni-cycling, expert juggling, daring aerial feats and acts of precision balancing. Each member is trained by veterans of the world-famous Moscow Circus. In 1984, Alex Berenchtein, a former star of the Moscow Circus, opened the non-profit academy The New Way Circus Center, Inc. in Brooklyn, New York. The students, children of all ages, quickly developed artistic self-expression through the performance skills learned in the circus curriculum. Children loved it and learned greater self-confidence, self-esteem and teamwork in a supportive and educational atmosphere. The advanced students formed the performing ensemble that is The Russian-American Kids Circus, which has performed hundreds of shows across the United States. The kids have been featured on television shows and commercials nationally and internationally. Tickets to the Russian American Kids Circus show at Clemson are $12 for adults and $7 for students/children. To purchase tickets, call the Brooks Center box office, (864) 656-7787, Monday-Friday, 1-5 p.m. LONDON-BASED THEATRE COMPANY TO PRESENT HORROR STORY The Brooks Center for the Performing Arts will be the scene of a brutal murder and an unrelenting manhunt when Clemson University hosts the London-based Aquila Theatre Company on Thursday, Feb. 9. The internationally acclaimed theatre company will present the gripping horror tale "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" at 8 p.m. Based on the 1886 novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is set in the dark alleyways and upper class mansions of Victorian London. The macabre tale begins with a disturbing account of a small child being abruptly knocked down by a brutally ugly man, who disappears into the foggy back streets of London. Compelled to investigate, the lawyer Utterson begins a manhunt that plunges him into the deepest recesses of London aristocracy as he delves into the murky activities of the noted scientist and physician Edward Jekyll. The "good doctor" unleashes the evil side of his humanity while trying to formulate a potion that creates love and happiness. But, the invention takes a horrible turn for the worse and Jekyll is transformed into Mr. Hyde, a powerful and malformed creature whose uncontrolled behavior raises havoc as he stalks the streets of London. It's the brutal murder of Dr. Jekyll's trusted medical colleague that leads Utterson to a secret laboratory. Based in London and New York, the company has toured extensively throughout Europe and North America, Aquila has performed at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington D.C., the Summer Shakespeare Festival in Philadelphia and the Bermuda Shakespeare Festival. Aquila is in partnerships with the Lincoln Center Institute, where it presents first-rate classical drama to schools in New York City. Aquila is the company-in-residence at New York University's Center for Ancient Studies. Tickets to "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" are $18 for adults and $13 for students. Tickets and information are available at the Brooks Center box office, (864) 656-7787, Monday-Friday, 1-5 p.m. CLEMSON PLAYERS PRESENT 'THE BURIAL AT THEBES' The Clemson Players will present "The Burial at Thebes," a stirring new translation of Sophocles' "Antigone," in the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23-26. "The Burial at Thebes" was written by Irish Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney.
WINTER PARTY TO BENEFIT BROOKS CENTER Although it's the middle of winter and there's a chill in the air, you can warm your spirits at one of the best parties in town, benefiting the Brooks Center for the Performing Arts at Clemson University. Held annually, the Brooks Center party has the reputation of being one of the best bashes in Clemson, with proceeds helping to support a variety of programs at the performing arts center. This year, the party will be on Saturday, Feb. 25, beginning at 7 p.m. in the grand ballroom of the Madren Conference Center. The Second Nature Band of Camden, a Clemson favorite, will provide the entertainment, with a wide selection of dance music, including rhythm and blues, beach and rock-n-roll. In addition to dancing the night away, party-goers will dine on Lowcountry fare and participate in a silent auction for vacation and dinner packages, original artwork and some special surprises. Proceeds will benefit activities and programs at the Brooks Center, including Tri-ART, the center's educational outreach program for K-12 students in the region; Clemson student grants-in-aid and equipment purchases. Tickets for the party are $75 per person, $750 for a table for 10. For tickets, call the Brooks Center box office at (864) 656-7787. CLEMSON JAZZ ENSEMBLE AND COMBO TO PRESENT WINTER CONCERT Big band standards and small group arrangements are the recipe for a night of hot jazz at Clemson University's Brooks Center for the Performing Arts. The Clemson University Jazz Ensemble, a big band, and Clemson University Jazz Combo, a smaller unit of musicians, will perform on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 8 p.m. The free concert will showcase compositions written and performed by many of American's best jazz artists and will include jazz standards and new arrangements in classic and modern styles. For more information, call the Brooks Center box office, (864) 656-7787, Monday-Friday, 1-5 p.m. (Images provided by Clemson.)
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Curtain times for "The Burial at Thebes" are at 8 p.m. on Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 23-25, and at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 26. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students. To purchase tickets, call the Brooks Center box office, (864) 656-7787, Monday-Friday, 1-5 p.m.
