After running on a regular basis earlier in the summer, Stokley Towles’ Waterlines surfaces again for two performances at Noodle Works Studios, Oct. 18 and 25. (Info here)
It’s about the rats in your toilets (they’re really
there), about the invention of near beer (as a safe alternative to
drinking water, since the low alcohol content supposedly killed germs),
and about a local man named Mel who has walked 90 percent of Seattle’s
sewer pipes (the things he’s found there: a tricycle; part of a canoe;
a secret reading room with desk, chair, and plywood floorboard that
somebody obviously set up as a private hideaway–Mel, Towles says, let
it be).Other topics discussed: secret tunnels leading to springs, accidentally
demolished in Israel; what parts of Seattle have the most fat- and
oil-clogged sewers; the etymology of “rival” (those who share a river
or a stream); and Seattle’s professional water tasters, whose palates
are more accurate than microscopes in figuring out what kind of algae
are living in the water. (more)
I wish I could’ve caught this showing or one in November. My brother went to this showing in October last year and really enjoyed it. Sounds crazy but he said it was really good.