Diabolc Kyogen @ Contact Theatre

Thurs 15 and Sat 17 May, matinee and after-show talks, 1.30pm

Diabolic Kyogen

a comedy double bill
directed by Jonathan Man

Contact Theatre
Doors 7.30 pm

Wednesday 14th to Saturday 17th May 2008

Matinees Thursday 15th and Saturday 17th May, 1.30pm
£7 / £4 concessions

Two plays. Japan vs Britain in this comic culture clash.


Weighed Down By Love, translated by Judy Kendall with Iris Elgrichi
A unique chance to see a knockabout Japanese kyogen comedy. Two sparring servants scheme to undermine their dominant master, with disastrous results.

The Diabolic Banquet, a new play by Rob Hayes with dramaturgy by Noel Grieg.
With a corpse in their living room and a street full of nosy neighbours, two reclusive housemates decide that there's only one way out of their sticky situation:
Murder, and lots of it!

It's a case of East meets West via The Young Ones and Beckett!
Contains strong language - suitable for 15+ due to severely bad morals.

www.contact-theatre.org
Box Office: 0161 274 0600

Special post show chats after Thurs & Sat 1:30 shows to meet the creative team:

Thurs 15th May: "When East meets West" with award-winning writer Judy Kendall & leading British Chinese theatre director Jonathan Man.

Judy discusses her Noh theatre adaptation, produced in Japan winning the UNESCO Uchimura Award for director Abel Solares. Jonathan discusses the EA:ST project for young British Chinese pioneered at Contact, and his current cross-cultural work. Judy & Jonathan share how their experiences have come together for Diabolic Kyogen. Followed by Q&A.

Sat 17th May: "Meet the Creative Team" with writer Rob Hayes and actors Adam Robert Brody, Jay Oliver Yip & Jamie Zubairi, chaired by director Jonathan Man.
Rob discusses his passage from being a competition winner at Contact through to his first play being professionally produced. Former Contact Young Actors Company member Adam and British East Asian actors Jay & Jamie discusses share their journeys as professional actors. Followed by Q&A.

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Booking info:

Box Office: 0161 274 0600

website: http://www.contact-theatre.org