The Anniversary
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Jim & Barb have been married for 50 years...They're just about ready to kill each other.
Synopsis
You’re invited to Jim & Barb’s golden wedding anniversary!
After 50 years of marriage, these Baby Boomers from Balwyn annoy one another so much… they literally want to kill each other. Their comedic dissent into the disappointing abyss of unfulfilled dreams and a series of spiralling mishaps as they try to celebrate their wedding anniversary all with precision timing, nonsensical absurdity and deadpan delivery.
What can go wrong? Well, pretty much everything and then some. This is not your average show, step into the surreal world of Jim and Barb. Think Beckett meets Wallace and Grommit.
The Anniversary is a brand new murderously hilarious, physical farce from the creators of Die Roten Punkte (Otto & Astrid).
Directed and devised by Peter Houghton. Performed and devised by Clare Bartholomew & Daniel Tobias
Since 2006, Clare Bartholomew and Daniel Tobias have been touring their award-winning, irreverent brand of theatre and comedy-cabaret to North America, Europe, New Zealand, and Australia. Together they’ve been nominated for thirteen Greenroom Awards, twice winning Best Production with Die Roten Punkte, and nominated for a Time Out & Soho Theatre Award and a Total Theatre Award in Edinburgh.
Short Review
Technical Information
Lighting
As we are currently developing the show this needs to be TBC but it will be basic and tourable.
Audio
As we are currently developing the show this needs to be TBC but it will be basic and tourable.
Staging
As we are currently developing the show this needs to be TBC but it will be basic and tourable.
Crew Notes
As we are currently developing the show this needs to be TBC
Transport Notes
8 seater people mover
Audience & Marketing Notes
The Anniversary is a largely non-verbal performance and is suitable for audiences 13+.
Selling Points
- The subject matter and change of direction in style and delivery for Salvador Dinosaur from contemporary cabaret to largely non-verbal physical comedy has the potential to attract new audiences, including non-hearing audiences and those with English as a second language, as well as deepening our engagement with our current followers.
- The work’s themes of isolation, loneliness and the emotional labour of managing relationships will resonate widely - be it older audiences recognising the dysfunctional dynamic of the two central characters, or younger audiences responding to the irreverent comedy they might recognise in the animated work of Wallace and Grommit, South Park, Mighty Boosh or Roald Dahl’s The Twits.
Details
Genre
Audience
14+
Venue Format
All
Duration
75 Minutes
Available Until
Budget & Fees
What are these? Find out more.Remount: $12000
Weekly Sell Off: $15000
Per Performance: $8000
