For immediate release
PRESS CONTACT
Media Relations
tellers@portlandstorytheater.com
Portland, Oregon USA
voice (503) 793-5484
Please Note
Mawson's Mettle: Alone On The Wide Shores Of The World is a world premiere created and performed by Lawrence Howard and is a part of Portland's Fertile Ground Festival!
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Lawrence Howard's Armchair Adventurer Series
Mawson's Mettle: Alone On The Wide Shores Of The World
This January, Portland Story Theater's Lawrence Howard will unveil the much-anticipated sequel to last year's sold-out show, Shackleton's Antarctic Nightmare. This next chapter in the Armchair Adventurer Series is called Mawson's Mettle: Alone On The Wide Shore Of The World. A veteran of one of Shackleton's earlier voyages, Mawson led his own expedition to the frozen continent in 1911. Out sledging with two other men, Mawson was thrown into peril when one of the sledges -- along with the six best dogs, most of the food and equipment, and one of his companions -- was lost in a deep crevasse. After his second companion and the rest of the dogs died, Mawson struggled against freezing temperatures, 80 mile-per-hour winds, loneliness, grief, illness and starvation, man-hauling the remaining sledge for hundreds of miles. This is an epic story of survival against all odds and, ultimately, a joyous celebration of the human spirit.
Who
Lawrence Howard
What
Mawson's Mettle: Alone On The Wide Shores Of The World
Where
Hipbone Studio, 1847 EAST Burnside, Portland, Oregon
When
Four Shows: Fridays & Saturdays, January 22nd, 23rd, 29th, and 30th, 2010
Doors open at 7:30 p.m, shows begins at 8:00; no late seating
Tickets
Still only $12.00. Reservations required.
Call 503-793-5484 or send an email to reservations@portlandstorytheater.com, or
Purchase tickets in advance online at www.portlandstorytheater.com
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