Baudecliffe Reviews

Sometimes we’ll do 2 months of shows and never get a single review. But our second Who Is T. Henry Baudecliffe? show was attended by 3 different reviewers… from Now Playing Austin, The Austin American Statesman, and The Austinist.

Here are our favorite quotes from the articles…

What is real and what is not, and does it matter who T. Henry Baudecliffe really is? Not when he has left behind such “fractured, fantastical” stories and drawings and the actors at the Hideout improvise upon these themes. You feel as though you are in the mind of T. Henry and seeing the world as he did, even though you have just met him (so to speak). An evening well spent on many layers. Excellent work by the Hideout.

-Now Playing Austin

The production values are quite high. The soundtrack was brilliantly in step with the action, helping to set the mood, and even — as in the final triumphant sequence — evoking even more emotion.

Much of the movement is outstanding. Whether they’re making up John D. Rockefeller’s sleigh (pulled by polar bears) or forming young Tommy’s vision of human-sized caterpillars, the cast synchronizes beautifully.

-The Austin American Statesman

It quickly becomes apparent that there’s something very different about this improv show.

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The source material gives the show a naive and innocent feel, yet with deeply sinister undertones. The way the cast uses movement and contact feels like it’s headed toward dance at times, or at least toward something a little more experimental than the average improv show.

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So the lights come down after a unique improv show, and one is left to ponder the question the show asks: Who Is T. Henry Baudecliffe? They’ve presented a documentary and some of his work. They’ve shown us what they imagine a full story might look like. But they don’t ask the question that one can’t help but wonder. How real is what we’re experiencing? The answer is another question: Does it matter? No. It doesn’t. The work stands on its own, regardless of who T. Henry Baudecliffe is.

-The Austinist

Come experience the show for yourself. Who is T. Henry Baudecliffe? runs every Saturday at 8PM through August.