Vienna's English Theatre
TAKING STEPS
- Datum
- 22. Juni
- Dienstag
- Uhrzeit
- 19:30
- Dauer unbekannt
- Preisspanne
- Unbekannt
- Keine Preisinformationen verfügbar
- Datum
- 22. Juni
- Dienstag
- Uhrzeit
- 19:30
- Dauer unbekannt
- Preisspanne
- Unbekannt
- Keine Preisinformationen verfügbar
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Beschreibung
Taking Steps, first staged in 1979, is considered Alan Ayckbourn’s only classic farce. Set over one chaotic night and morning in a crumbling house and former brothel, the play is famous for its ingenious staging: all three floors of the building are represented on a single level, with actors miming the stairs, creating constant comic confusion.
The hopelessly tongue-tied solicitor Tristram is sent to oversee the sale of a Victorian house - supposedly haunted by the ghost of an ex-brothel „employee” - to hard-drinking businessman Roland, who is renting it from a shady builder. Meanwhile, Roland’s wife Elizabeth, a frustrated former dancer, is on the brink of leaving him, aided by her well-meaning brother Mark and his whimsical fiancée Kitty. As misunderstandings multiply across the three floors of the house, the night descends into a whirlwind of mistaken identities, „ghostly manifestations”, and perfectly timed physical comedy, culminating in a brilliantly absurd climax.
„A farce of riotous delight.“ – Evening News
„Superbly funny… hilarious.“ – The Guardian
„An ingenious comedy.” – The Times
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- Spielstätte
- Vienna's English Theatre
Josefsgasse 12, 1080 Wien
- Veranstalter
- Vienna's English Theatre
office@englishtheatre.at, +43-1-402 12 60-0
- Art
- Theater
- Englisch
Beschreibung
Taking Steps, first staged in 1979, is considered Alan Ayckbourn’s only classic farce. Set over one chaotic night and morning in a crumbling house and former brothel, the play is famous for its ingenious staging: all three floors of the building are represented on a single level, with actors miming the stairs, creating constant comic confusion.
The hopelessly tongue-tied solicitor Tristram is sent to oversee the sale of a Victorian house - supposedly haunted by the ghost of an ex-brothel „employee” - to hard-drinking businessman Roland, who is renting it from a shady builder. Meanwhile, Roland’s wife Elizabeth, a frustrated former dancer, is on the brink of leaving him, aided by her well-meaning brother Mark and his whimsical fiancée Kitty. As misunderstandings multiply across the three floors of the house, the night descends into a whirlwind of mistaken identities, „ghostly manifestations”, and perfectly timed physical comedy, culminating in a brilliantly absurd climax.
„A farce of riotous delight.“ – Evening News
„Superbly funny… hilarious.“ – The Guardian
„An ingenious comedy.” – The Times