Biography: A Game
Bakehouse Theatre Company presents
BIOGRAPHY: A GAME
What if you could change your life, from any point you choose?
In this play, a middle-aged behavioural researcher Kürmann is given the opportunity to start his life over at any point he chooses and change his decisions and actions in matters both serious and mundane. He could save his marriage, become politically active, take better care of his health, or even change the colour of his living-room furniture.
Despite his intention to apply the wisdom he has acquired with age, will Kürmann find himself trapped in the same decisions?
Kürmann’s life game interrogates how much of our own path is shaped by seemingly random factors and how much is in fact predetermined by our own limited, conditioned selves. This is the central question of this play, which is brilliantly captured in Biography’s dramaturgical form, in which a theatre rehearsal is set up as the metaphor for the endless possibilities and variables of the game of life.
The ideas of choice, free will and consequences that are at explored in Biography: A Game will keep you talking long after you have left the theatre.
WHEN: August 4th to 20th. (Opening Night Saturday August 6th) All shows at 8pm.
WHERE: Bakehouse Theatre, 255 Angas Street, Adelaide.
TICKETS: Adults $30; Concession $25; TREv $25; Groups (6+) $25; School Students $18.
DURATION: 2 hours, plus interval
BOOKINGS: www.bakehousetheatre.com
Feedback/Comments
I thought the standard of acting great, however, I found the structure of the play confusing. This is less a criticism of the play, but rather my inability to appreciate this piece of theatre.
Opening night was near full and the play generated plenty of laughs.
Many thanks
Fantastic show. I enjoyed the humour. Although the structure was a bit confusing at first, once I got the hang of it, I loved it!