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Versus

Comedy / Theatre


Quiptake


Venue
The Theatre Centre, Franco Boni Theatre


August 9, 9:00pm

August 10, 6:00pm

August 11, 4:00pm


90 Minutes


Ticket Price
$15 / $30 / $45

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Meet Gerald Bloom: overcommitted, overworked, undervalued, overstimulated, undernourished, and pulled in a million directions by friends, family, work, politics, health and enlightenment. Today is Gerald’s birthday and he is up against everything. Everything is a fight. Welcome to Versus – a workshop premiere of Adam Lazarus’ next mind bending vision.

From the creative team that brought you Daughter and The Art of Building a Bunker, Versus is another bouffon-inspired experience that examines a common feeling in the world we believe we’re all grappling with: feeling overcommitted, overworked, undervalued, overstimulated, undernourished, & pulled in a million directions by friends, family, work, politics, health & enlightenment.

How on earth do we fucking manage? There isn’t even time to cry!

Following a narrative that is both real & surreal, Versus showcases the mundane horror of human existence. Life is funny. Life is not funny.

Adam Lazarus: Writer, Co-Creator and Performer
Guillermo Verdecchia: Writer, Director and Co-Creator
Ann-Marie Kerr: Co-Creator and Director
Michelle Ramsey: Co-creator and Lighting Designer
David Mesiha: Co-creator and Projection and Sound Designer
Gillian Gallow: Set, Prop and Costume Design
Melissa D’Agostino: Consulting Director
Nicholas Eddie, Irene Ly: Ensemble
Jacob Willis: Stage Manager
Alexis Eastman: Producer


Versus is supported by The Theatre Centre.


All performances of Versus are designated as Relaxed Environments.


Advisories

CONTENT: Sex, discussion of suicide, violence, some language, satire.
SENSORY: Big sound, a lot of light, fake bodily fluids, gore.


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