Music, drama, comedy return to Kirkland Performance Center stage in February

Music, drama, comedy return to KPC stage in February

After a month without public shows, the Kirkland Performance Center stage will again be alight with a wide variety of entertainment in the month of February.

The month opens with an improv night on Feb. 3 featuring Jet City Improv’s ‘Twisted Flicks’ and an improv comedy take on Jurassic Park: The Lost World. The 1997 Steven Spielberg classic will be played on mute, with all the dialog, sound effects and music dubbed over by the Twisted Flicks improv team.

Seattle Rock Orchestra will perform hits from the English reggae-rock band The Police on Feb. 4 at 8 p.m., including a handful of familiar tunes: “Roxane,” and “Every Breath You Take.”

StoryBook Theatre’s spring production of The Boy Who Cried Wolf opens on Feb. 4, with shows at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. It’s the classic fable, and the show will also visit Renton, Shoreline, Rainier, Everett and Seattle between Jan. 28 and March 12. The production has a second weekend in Kirkland on Feb. 11-12, with shows at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., including ASL-interpreted performances on Feb. 12.

A pair of guitar trios comes to Kirkland at 8 p.m. on Feb. 11. The California Guitar Trio has been performing since 1991, and will pair with the Montreal Guitar Trio for a single concert.

For those looking for a Valentine’s Day date, KPC will host standup comedian Jubal Flagg at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 14. Flagg is a co-host on MOViN 92.5 FM in Seattle.

The Flying Karamazov Brothers, a small-scale circus, hits the stage on Feb. 18. The show has gained national attention, as the group has collaborated with the likes of Frank Sinatra, The Who, Robin Williams and others. The group has also been seen on a handful of national TV shows, and appeared as part of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Jazz great Ella Fitzgerald would have turned 100 in 2017, an idea which sparked a Feb. 19 concert featuring the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra and Carmen Bradford in a tribute to “The First Lady of Song.”

The Kirkland Performance Center benefit concert is set for Feb. 25, and will feature Creme Tangerine, a well-known Beatles tribute band, for a performance of The Beatles’ Abbey Road in its entirety. The event includes a champagne bar and light refreshments, and is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m.

The final presented show in the month of February is author, poet and screenwriter Sherman Alexie, who will speak on Security, Sovereignty, Selfishness: How to be a 21st Century American Nomad.

KPC had a handful of events to close out the month of January: Jessie Cook on Jan. 28, Washington Wind Symphony on Jan. 29 and the final live recording of Imagination Theatre on Jan. 30.