Mike Attack
"Mike Attack" by Neander is a madcap comedy. Without a word and at breakneck speed the comedian Kristján Ingimarsson acts out the little man’s battle to survive in a society terrorised by communication.
In "Mike Attack" a man is thrown onto a stage made ready for a standup comedian. To run away from the audience’s expectant glance is out of the question. He has to make an attempt with his body in a game in which he must not be revealed. The only prop onstage is a microphone stand and a backdrop of sound, deciding the pace of the performance. Music from a Western movie, a cartoon movie, a football (soccer) game and more fill the stage room and every time the music changes, the poor man has to transform into a new figure.
Source: Porsgrunn International Theatre Festival, www.pit.no, 18.08.2010, http://2004.pit.no/vis_tstykke.asp?ProgType=1&stykke=Mike%20Attack
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Kristján Ingimarsson | – Concept/Idea |
| Kristján Ingimarsson | – Performer |
| Rolf Heim | – Other |
| June 17, 2004 (Porsgrunn International Theatre Festival) | Show |
| 1998 | Worldwide premiere |
| Porsgrunn International Theatre Festival | June 17, 2004 |
"Go home and sob all you fucking microphone artists and wheel of fortune swirling screen trolls!!! The one and Ingimarsson is loose (...) Onstage is a rare and superior bodily vitality at show, when Kristján Ingimarsson embarks on a battle with the standup comedian’s best friend – the microphone." Politiken
"Wonderfully breakneck and almost continuously manically communicating with his own wondrous media worlds (...) first and foremost physical party fireworks of slapstick and standup at a level one has to search for a long time to find in Denmark." Berlingske Tidende
Source: Porsgrunn International Theatre Festival, www.pit.no, 18.08.2010, http://2004.pit.no/vis_tstykke.asp?ProgType=1&stykke=Mike%20Attack