Amédée, or How to Get Rid of It
By Eugene Ionesco
August 2nd-12th, 7.00pm
The Common Room, Holme Building
“I can’t understand how we ever got into such a mess. It’s so unfair… And in a case like this… no-one to turn to for help and advice!...”
Amédée and Madeleine Buccinioni are a married couple who live in an apartment in Paris. They have not left this apartment for 15 years. Additionally… there is something unsettling in the next room. And its growing.
Eugene Ionesco’s first full length, absurdist play deals with a decaying relationship haunted by past misdeeds and mistakes. Amédée, a playwright who has written only two lines of his play in 15 years and Madeleine, his disappointed and hardworking wife who is left to manage their increasingly dire situation.
With an apartment that’s beginning to sprout mushrooms, ‘terrifying’ visits from the postman and something mysterious lurking in the next room, Amédée and Madeleine have created a world in their apartment which is strange and comical, yet at the same time immensely sad. Treated with characteristic wit, this tragic comedy goes deeper than just absurdity yet manages to touch the very heart of human relationships as we observe the severity of our actions and the danger of letting life pass you by…
Starring Jasmine Cavanough and Fred Pryce
Directed by Helena Parker
Honi Soit review
“…leaves you questioning concepts and norms of life you’ve come to accept as normal”
