Desperate Acts
"Desperate Acts" is a crazy British musical farce written for twelve actors and performed by two, Kesselofski and Fiske. "Desperate Acts" has a most ironic glance at the more shabby sides of London.
Information
(Objekt ID 4630)| Object type | Production |
| Produced by | Kesselofski and Fiske |
| Audience | Adults |
| Language | English |
| Keywords | Farce, Comedy, Musical theatre, Theatre |
| Website | Kesselofski og Fiske |
Requirements to venue
| Blackout | No |
The borough of Clapton in London hasn’t got much to offer visitors. Actually, the borough hasn’t much to offer anyone. The only available jobs in Clapton are the kind you have to spend two to five years in jail for.
It is Friday night, The Wolf-Pack’s owner and bartender has just pushed the last customers out when the phone rings. A travel bureau in Sweden is wondering whether The Wolf-Pack can provide "a real and very typical cockney music hall evening" for a Swedish travel company.
This isn’t exactly what the pub ordinarily does, but the owner sees it as a shortcut out of his permanent financial struggles. But at the same time, he meets a challenge. For a typical night at The Wolf-Pack is one of those evenings somewhat sane tourists would pay to avoid...
Source: Porsgrunn International Theatre Festival, www.pit.no, 29.07.2010, http://2008.pit.no/show_details.asp?ID=605
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Paul Fiske | – Performer |
| John Kesselofski | – Performer |
| June 15, 2008 | Show |
| June 14, 2008 | Show |
"Wonderful mood, good audience contact and nice madness in a London cabaret (...) related to John Cleese. Highly recommended." Svenska Dagbladet.
Source: Porsgrunn Internasjonale Teaterfestival, www.pit.no, 29.07.2010, http://2008.pit.no/show_details.asp?ID=605