Dinner by Moira Buffini
Directed by Christopher Grabski
"It's my creation – like Frankenstein's monster."
Dinner by Moira Buffini is a sharp, witty and refreshing contemporary comedy about class, status, wealth and the secret to happiness. Dinner was nominated for Best New Comedy at the 2003 Olivier Awards.
Show Dates:
Thursday, October 30, 20:00 (doors open 19:30)
Friday, October 31, 20:00 (doors open 19:30)
Saturday, November 1, 20:00 (doors open 19:30)
Sunday, November 2, 14:00 (doors open 13:30)
Tickets:
Ticket Price: €19,50 (plus €1,00 ticket charges)
Member Discount Ticket Price: €15,00 (plus €1,00 ticket charges)
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Performance Location: Polanentheater, Amsterdam
Synopsis of the Play:
Under the thick blanket of an eerie fog, Paige is hosting a dinner party her guest will never forget. What's the occasion? Her husband's new bestselling pop-psych self-help book “Beyond Belief” - a book she's not even read. With the help of a silent waiter she found on the dark web, Paige serves up three remarkable dishes that challenge her guests moral predispositions - and their stomachs. But Paige's classy affair is rudely interrupted when a suspicious working class man seeking help shows up at her door. As the fog thickens the guest realise they're now stranded here with this man - and with each other. No phone reception, inedible food, and a kitchen teeming with live lobsters, this fancy evening quickly descends into the dinner party from hell. But, there's still one more course on the menu…
About the Director: Christopher Grabski
Christopher Grabski can always be found lurking around in a dark theatre somewhere in the world. As a teenager he had an after-school job showing people to their seats where he got to watch theatre every night - and it all went downhill from there. Chris is an actor, writer, director and lighting designer and will reluctantly do sound if you ask him nicely. He has an academic background in theatre studies which has played a starring role in so many of the rejection letters he’s received throughout his career. But in theatres, recent sightings in Amsterdam have included: Roland in Constellations (Downstage Left); Mickey in Blood Brothers (HEA Productions); John Proctor in The Crucible (InPlayers); Cecil in The Importance of Being Ernest (QETC); Various roles in Couch (Leiden English Theatre); and as the lighting designer for La Cage Aux Folles (QETC) & Wyrd Sisters (InPlayers).
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