ECC: Three Tall Women (9-13 March ’10)

Three Tall Women

An elderly woman surprises her carer and a young visitor with a revelation from her past – but it is when she falls into a coma that so much more is revealed.

This dark comedy is about any(wo)man: who we are, why we are, how we are.  It looks at life with a 360-degree view. It is about living life and the inevitability of death.

Warning: This play contains explicit sexual references

This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Ltd.

Tickets are €14 (€12 for 9-13members; groups of 10 or more on Tuesday to Thursday).

Some thoughts from the Director:

How to begin explaining why Three Tall Women is so good? 

Well, to summarise: Albee’s words are wonderfully written, humorous, emotive and wise. His sense of humour dark and dry.  And the simple but clever device that is Act 2 gives the audience a whole new view of the first act. 

In 1994 Three Tall Women won Edward Albee his third Pulitzer Prize for Drama, some years after he had been written off as creatively ‘dried up’: it was quite a come-back!

His “characters” are self-absorbed and on the whole unlovable, and several reviewers have written “If you stick around for Act 2 …”  They have a point! 

Three women, one of them slightly demented, squabbling with each other over unpaid bills, grammar, diction, the day of the week and incontinence.  An old lady reminiscing about horses and the unhappiness of her sex life. Where on earth is this play going? It is going towards the inevitable, and on the way it will address many of life’s issues.

If you already know this play you will smile at my reticence to say more, and will I hope be amongst the first to book your seats to see this wonderful piece brought to life by the excellent cast of Lyn Wainwright, Rachel Cuff and Charlotte Owen. 

If you don’t know the play, you can of course read a summary on Wikipedia – but I would urge you not to: I hope that your first experience of Three Tall Women will be as breathtaking as mine was, that you will enjoy the questioning and the examining, and that you will leave the theatre reflecting on the life issues Albee raises. 

ATC: Cafe Theatre (15-17 April 2010)

Jules Feiffer is an American cartoonist who has also written a great number of plays, screenplays, novels and children‟s books. He has won many awards, including the Pulitzer Prize. 

Hold Me! was first published in New York in 1977. This sketch play, based on his comic strip with the same title, is about the confusions, identity crises and relationship issues of people who live in modern cities. The language is simple, the tone is warm, humorous, witty and at times a little sad. In short, the play is about the essence of life.  

 

ECC: The Red Death (24 April ’10)

The Red Death

The English Comedy Club is proud to present its entry for the 2010 Feats competition at the International School of Brussels on 24 April 2010 at 8pm. Based on the short story “The Red Masquerade” by Edgar Allen Poe this an original adaptation dramatised for stage by the English Comedy Club in Brussels.

This is the only performance in Brussels, the production will then be taken to Bad Homburg, Germany, in May to compete in the Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies, so don’t miss your only chance to see the show if you can’t attend FEATS. 

 

V. Monologues (23-24 April ’10)

The award-winning play, to be performed at the Warehouse Theatre as part of V-Day 2010, is based on V-Day Founder/playwright Eve Ensler’s interviews with more than 200 women. With humor and grace the piece celebrates women’s sexuality and strength. Through this play and the liberation of this one word, countless women throughout the world have taken control of their bodies and their lives. For more than twelve years, it has given voice to experiences and feelings not previously exposed in public.