The Pennyless Players are proud to present… well, something a little (completely) different! Our next production Fish Smoking Cigarettes will feature four different absurdist short plays over the span of four differently structured evenings. Join us for four evenings of surrealism, laughter and insightfulness, featuring: Breaking and entering. The most annoyingly regular couple on the planet. Feminism. Violence. A big black dog (small in size). And vampiric sex god Franz Kafka, champion of capitalism. Fish and cigarettes not included. Or are they? Come by to find out!
WHEN?
Each night features one of two sets of short plays. Come see two nights to experience all the absurdism we have to offer!
Set 1 (Nov 19 & 20): Prelude & Fugue State / The Zoo Story
Set 2 (Nov 21 & 22): Corkscrew / Unveiling
Admission starts at 19:00, performances start at 20:00.
WHERE?
Café Stockwerk
Jakominiplatz 18/1, 8010 Graz
TICKETS (reserve here)
Single evening: €15 / €10 (students) / €9 (with ESNcard)
Combo ticket*: €28 / €18 / €16
Free entry for holders of HaKuK-Kulturpass.
*The combo ticket includes two evenings, so you can see both sets of short plays!
THE PLAYS
Prelude to a Psychotic Heroine’s Homoerotic Quest to Kill Franz Kafka, Joseph Campbell and Carl Jung in the Frigid Bowels of Cocytus. A Cry For Help. (aka Prelude & Fugue State)
by Muireall Chilcote
Tiffany Tragicflaw suffers from a rare illness of the mind called “Literary Madness,” which afflicts her with regular bouts of plot-relevant psychosis. The reckless and medically irresponsible Dr. Fionnuala Femmefatale helps Tiffany determine her narrative role in the self-referential fractured fairytale into which her visions lead her.
The Zoo Story
by Edward Albee
All-too-regular Peter is approached at the park by an unsettling, yet enigmatic stranger named Jerry. A conversation about life, societal norms, sexuality and dogs ensues, as things take a surprising turn in this shockingly funny study of humanity and the pressures of modern society.
Corkscrew!
by Lucy Gossler
Two groups of burglars accidentally burgle the same home. They start fighting among each other. A rich woman contemplates killing her husband. Things don’t go as planned.
Unveiling
by Vaclav Havel
Vanek is invited by a married couple who call themselves his best friends into their newly remodeled home. But as they are showing off their most recent interior acquisitions and perfectly flawless relationship to him, something is starting to feel not quite right…
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The Pennyless Players are a charitable non-profit theatre group. All our productions are created with the help of donations and the honorary work of our members, and all proceeds are donated to charity. If you would like to support our group and this production, take a look here.
