ALmost The Birthday Party

When a resting actor and his retired partner invite complete strangers to join a play reading group in their parlour, things take an unsettling turn. Roused in the dead of night to recall their fateful first stab at act one of Pinter's, The Birthday Party, hilarity and absurdity unfold. But as elusive pages of the script surface and figures from the troubling tableau demand an encore, Kenny and Vern’s innocent quest for friendship spirals into a Pinteresque nightmare!

Written by Paul Kalburgi

Directed by Scott Le Crass

Cast:

Bernard O'Sullivan as KENNY

John Rayment as VERN

★★★★ HILARIOUS! Absurd and wonderfully black comedy! Kalburgi writes with immense confidence within his own comedic style. - So, So Gay

Kalburgi displays a commanding view of this slow-burning dark comedy. This riveting work is at once strange and entertaining, thoughtful and droll, infused with an uncomfortable sense of absurdness.

- East London Radio

AN INTOXICATING FLURRY OF DRAMA! It sucks you in, and has you laughing from the get-go.

- Maybe It's Because I'm A Londoner

A CAPTIVATING dark comedy! - Remote Goat