Black comedy

Peter Shaffer's black comedy is an already classic, invariably funny one-act, set in the 1960s. We move to the swinging London of the time to witness a comedy of mistakes from the art world. The main character of the play Brindsley Miller is a poor young sculptor. It seems that fate is finally smiling at him when one evening he has the chance to sell one of his works to wealthy art collector George Bamberger. Brindsley and his fiancée Carol Melkett prepare for his visit. In order not to make a bad impression on Bamberger and at the same time to Carol's father, Colonel Melkett, the young people pick up high-end furniture, antiques and an antique Buddha statue from their temporarily absent neighbor Harold Gorring. Meanwhile, there is a traffic jam that can only be repaired by the emissary of the power plant - Brindsley's atelier plunges into the Egyptian darkness... There is an avalanche of farcical complications. We show what people do when they think they can't be seen. Brindsley desperately needs to prevent an impending disaster. How will he get out of oppression?

The show was created programmatically without the participation of the director.

licensor — Association of Authors ZAiKS, Warsaw

635th premiere of the Polish Theatre in Wrocław ATTENTION!

The performance uses a strobe effect, abrupt changes in light intensity (from complete darkness to maximum brightness) and several minute dimming of the scene are used. In addition, alcohol consumption is branded, repetitive, loud sounds appear (including sounds of blows, falls and contact with elements of the wooden scenography) and a scene of simulated vomiting.

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A show for viewers from the age of 13