PLAYING WITH…
Blue Elephant Theatre, 2008
“Off-beat and controversial”
Dulwich on View
Dulwich on View
100 minutes
5 actors
A double-bill of two dark comedies where playing games is the only way of communication, with a cast doubling-up in both plays.
PLAYING WITH...: A symbolistic play, telling the story of O who is forced to move in with three hedonistic beings where the name of the game is sex, indulgence and alcohol – and torture is the only refuge.
TOY BOY: Toby is an emotionless being who can only converse in rhyme, whose whole purpose is to please others. However, as he falls in love and starts to develop his independence, the people who need him struggle to let him go.
Cast
TOBY/HARRY - Ben Kettner
BERNIE/INGRID - Elena Rossi
RICHARD/O - Ido Gonen
CHARLIE/VERONICA - Emma Blackman
TOM - Tom Radford
ANN/MADDY - Elizabeth Pinnock
ALISA - Stacey Lamb
Creative Team
Writer\Director - Sebastian Rex
Assistant Director - Natasha Nixon
Designer - Annalisa Andriani
Stage Manager - Lenny Dutton
Production Assistant - Zee Faloon
Graphic Designer - Barak Paz
Producer - Simon Beyer
Produced by – Acting Like Mad
Photography - Tina Engström
5 actors
A double-bill of two dark comedies where playing games is the only way of communication, with a cast doubling-up in both plays.
PLAYING WITH...: A symbolistic play, telling the story of O who is forced to move in with three hedonistic beings where the name of the game is sex, indulgence and alcohol – and torture is the only refuge.
TOY BOY: Toby is an emotionless being who can only converse in rhyme, whose whole purpose is to please others. However, as he falls in love and starts to develop his independence, the people who need him struggle to let him go.
Cast
TOBY/HARRY - Ben Kettner
BERNIE/INGRID - Elena Rossi
RICHARD/O - Ido Gonen
CHARLIE/VERONICA - Emma Blackman
TOM - Tom Radford
ANN/MADDY - Elizabeth Pinnock
ALISA - Stacey Lamb
Creative Team
Writer\Director - Sebastian Rex
Assistant Director - Natasha Nixon
Designer - Annalisa Andriani
Stage Manager - Lenny Dutton
Production Assistant - Zee Faloon
Graphic Designer - Barak Paz
Producer - Simon Beyer
Produced by – Acting Like Mad
Photography - Tina Engström