European Tour
Blondie of Arabia has toured throughout Europe playing to full houses, garnering awards, great audience response and positive press everywhere.
In Amsterdam and Utrecht, The Netherlands,
July and August 2011:
De Parade Theater Festival
Performed 3 shows a day in De Luxe Tent
with 3 parades in between.
Sold out houses
In Athens, Greece,
July 2011:
Performed Blondie of Arabia and taught
a Physical Storytelling Workshop in
International Festival of Making Theater
In Prague, Czech Republic,
June 2011: Apostrof
13th International Festival of independent and amateur Theatres - Prague 2011
Blondie of Arabia won
First Place for Audience Choice Award
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In Sibiu, Romania,
June 2011:
Performed in Festivalul Internaţional de Teatru de la Sibiu at Oldies Pub
"Whether you are a Romania, Arab, American, what we have in common is that we live on the same planet, we are all humans and we all have dreams and wishes.
Wednesday night, Oldies Pub hosted an unconventional show, an exceptional monologue acted by Monica Hunken.
Blondie of Arabia describes the true story of her odyssey through desert.
Her monologue was incredibly well sustained by gestures and mimic, despite the simple décor, a bicycle and a chair.
The artists’ show amused and amazed at the same time but it also has a deep meaning.
Her acting suggests she followed her dream no matter what the shape is. Dreams make people human, it helps to know better and to explore their capabilities. You can not know what you can do and what you can accomplish in life if you do not unleash the adventurer in you. An ounce of courage and you can begin to materialize things you've never imagined that you're able. She is originally from California, then continued her journey in New York, where she joined a band of street theater. Over time with a team, she organized social meetings, never leaving the hope of her love, her bicycle. Cute, exuberant and especially, possessed a contagious optimism, "typical American", as she herself confesses, Monica Hunken succeeded by this unconventional performances, to ignite in every spectator the flame of a dream. And because the purpose of any performances is to delight the public we can say Blondina completed her independent mission. Reports of applause that filled the room said the word." -Applause FITS paper |
