Theatre Tours International and The Playground Theatre Presents...
The Event - Mike McShane | Preview
AUG 1st | 2PM
Written by John Clancy
Directed by David Calvitto
Performed by Mike McShane
Starring Fringe favourite, Mike McShane, this sharply witty, insightful exploration of the unspoken contract between actor and audience skilfully dissects the art of performance whilst exploring the absurdities of life.
Hailed as both a comic deconstruction of theatre and a profound look at human connection in the 21st century, The Event goes beyond the stage, inviting you to think, laugh and reconnect with what matters most. A thought-provoking, entertaining theatrical experience that will leave you talking long after the final bow.
'Incongruously entertaining' Times
'Intelligent and exhilarating' Guardian
'An extraordinary tour-de-force' Scotsman
'Delicious, perniciously mind-bending stuff' Financial Times
BOOKING INFORMATION
Duration: 60
Interval: n/a
Start Time: 9PM
Content Warnings: N/A
Recommended for 14 years +
Tickets (All unreserved)
General Admission £18
Concession | Senior over 60 | £15
Access for All | Unemployed | Student £15
Note: Please contact boxoffice@theplaygroundtheatre.org.uk for your complementary ticket for a carer/companion/friend
Michael McShane is an American actor, singer, and improvisational comedian. He appeared on the original British version of the television show Whose Line Is It Anyway?(1988–97) and went on to appear in films such as Tucker: The Man and His Dream(1988), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), Richie Rich (1994), and Office Space (1999). McShane has also been involved in several Disney productions, including Tom and Huck (1995), the television series Brotherly Love (1995–97), Tower of Terror (1997), and A Bug's Life (1998). He also voiced the Revolting Slob in the Canadian-American variety television series Crashbox.
Stage highlights include La Cage aux Folles and Taller Than a Dwarf on Broadway; Little Shop of Horrors in the West End; Richard Nixon's would be killer in Assassins at the Menier Chocolate Factory in London and a UK tour of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as the Chief.
Mike has regularly toured the UK for several years doing improvisational comedy with Paul Merton and Suki Webster, first as part of Paul Merton's Impro Chums and more recently the Paul Merton and Suki Webster Improv Show.
DAVID CALVITTO (director): David directed the 2017 Fringe First Winner, Enterprise by Brian Parks at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Other Edinburgh credits: Richard Dormer’s The Half, starring Guy Masterson and Brian Parks’ comedy, American Poodle, also with Masterson. With Jethro Compton Productions, The Hunchback of Notre Dame at Selby Abbey in Yorkshire; Belt Up Theatre’s production of Macbeth at the Clerkenwell House of Detention in 2012 (a new staging of Alex Wright’s original production). Other directing credits: A Streetcar Named Desire and True West in Charleston, South Carolina; Robert Simonson’s short play The Conversation at the Samuel Beckett Theatre, NYC and Don Nigro’s Specter at the Present Company
David is thrilled to be directing Mike McShane in The Event after performing it a few times himself. The beat goes on…