Ollie Horn’s Comedy for Toxic People
Ollie isn’t afraid to leave a few extra seconds for the audience to process a joke, a movement, or a facial expression.
Ollie isn’t afraid to leave a few extra seconds for the audience to process a joke, a movement, or a facial expression.
With the wide grin of a salesman – or indeed, a true showman – he launches us into the first song, a rendition of “My Blue Heaven”, kicking off an incredible set that, much like the audience, was well-known and unfamiliar, from all over the world.
Kriminull is a murder mystery, and the audience chooses the victim, the murderer, and the actors that portray them, as well as the location and cause of death. But knowing the end never spoiled a good story, and Kriminull follows the unfolding investigation into the murder through the eyes of the chief detective – whose actor is also chosen by the audience.
Combined with an international audience, this creates a truly multicultural and dynamic performance, with active participation not only from individuals but also from groups such as students or specific nationalities.
Each poet brought their own spin to the mic, vigorous, theatrical, angry and profound, representing lives and experiences that transcend borders and languages.
‘Must ja Valge Koer’ is a cheerful, enlivening and heartwarming piece of children’s theatre. Notably, this work diverges from the new norm of fast paced videos and cartoons – this show is engaging without being overstimulating. It’s comfortingly formulaic yet full of surprises.
Throughout the show, we observe the seven dancers on a radical journey of courtship, ritual, sex, celebration, birth, isolation, abandonment, combat and an inevitable demise.
This was no ordinary recital. Candlelight, carefully chosen costumes, and the spoken word of Dante’s immortal poetry turned the performance into a ritual of music, literature, and theater.
In this show, there are two rounds of questions where the friends of single participants come up on stage to answer game-show-style questions on their behalf, helping them “win” a date. The questions range from romantic ones to silly and playful topics.
This show runs like a collection of vignettes, almost, circling themes of desire, family, identity and suffering; a woman both going through the motions and drowning under the weight of her unspoken screams.