Details

An unflinching exploration of the close relationship between sports, nationalism and violence by the Nobel Prize winning author of The Piano Teacher, Elfriede Jelinek, receives its English Language premiere on the eve of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Blurring the boundaries between a theatre event and a sports event, punctuated by live reporting of results from the Olympics and elsewhere, actors perform feats of linguistic gymnastics, their capacity to memorise and articulate non-naturalistic, punning and unpredictable lines stretched to the limits.

Cast/Performers

Michael Cole, Nina Hatchwell, Denise Heinrich Lane, Tom Lyall, Matt Ray Brown, Delia Remy, Giogio Spiegelfeld

Creatives/Company

Author: Elfriede Jelinek
Producer: Berislav Juraic
Presented by: Just a Must (in partnership with the Austrian Cultural Forum London)
Translation(s): Penny Black, Karen Jurs-Munby
Director: Vanda Butkovic
Other: Karen Jurs-Munby (dramaturgy)
Design: Simon Donger
Costume: Meni Kourmpeti
Lighting: Ana Vilar