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RAT Fwd: New York showcase/England's Weird Sisters

Hello all -

These gals are friends of ours from various touring gigs in Canada and Oz - 
subversion and comedy is their forte, and I highly recommend ANY of their 
shows.
 BEst of all, it will be FREE!!!!!

If you are in Orlando, go to the Fringe.

If you are in NYC, the following info is for you.

(And I would loooove a report back!)

smooches -

Llysa
theater simple

... who have built their 6th temporary theater - at Sand Point Naval Base in 
Seattle - our best one yet - risers, a grid(ohmigawd), intiimate and 
architecturally intersting - its the former BRIG.
(Seems approproate that we're there)
Come and see THE MASTER & MARGARITA if you are in Seattle 4/20(NEXT WEEK) - 
5/5.
TWO (count 'em- 2) cheap dates for artists and Rats - Sunday 4/22 and Thurs 
4/26 -pay what you can tix avail at the door...


Dear All,

The Weird Sisters are performing in NY city for one night only, following 
their run at Orlando Fringe, Florida, April 20-29.

Our NY showcase is at PLAYHOUSE 91, 316 E. 91st St (between 1st and 2nd),
April 30, 7.30pm.

It is FREE, and we are looking for people to make up our audience (we are 
inviting lots of producers etc too).  Please, if you know ANYONE in New York 
who might like to see our new show, please email them, giving them the 
information, and cc the email to us so we can follow-up.

Here is some info about the show itself, for those of you who have not yet 
seen it:

The Weird Sisters
present 

Cheap Day Return

devised by Kath Burlinson, Alison Goldie and Cal McCrystal
directed by Cal McCrystal designed by Chris deWilde

‘Superb, twisted, bloody funny...daring female comedy from girls with balls’
What’s On (London)

Come on the trip of a lifetime!

Take one ludicrously vain actress. Add one stupid sidekick.  Then let these 
two misfits take you on a theatrical world tour, playing 24 unlikely 
characters from all the four corners of the globe.  

Result:  Cheap Day Return, an outrageous, uncensored, unforgettable comedy.  

Meet Ken and Helga Müller, cruise-liner cabaret veterans; Puebla and Guava, 
scantily-clad Peruvian peasants; ‘Shine’, an American 
nutritionist/contortionist, and Martin, a wannabe drag queen from South 
London.  And that’s just for starters.

Previously renowned for their ‘utter lack of inhibition’, The Weird Sisters 
break new ground in this blatantly sexy, grotesque, absurd show, directed by 
comedy king Cal McCrystal (Spymonkey, Peoplykus, Mel & Sue, The Boosh).

Not suitable for children or faint-hearted adults.  Sexually explicit 
material.

The Weird Sisters’ have previously won five international theatre awards and 
a nomination for Best Ensemble, The Stage Awards, Edinburgh 2000.  In Cheap 
Day Return, their comic talents are brought irrefutably to the fore.  A wild 
new women’s double-act has arrived.


Previous reviews
“Rapid, raucous, hilariously funny...hair-trigger responses and utter lack of 
inhibition” The Independent

“Startling ingenuity...innately funny...The Weird Sisters excel”  Time Out  
(Critic’s Choice)  
 
"Elastic faces and bodies that defy the norm...wickedly inventive and 
tear-inducingly funny." The Herald

“Brilliantly performed...cuts straight to the marrow”  The List

“Spell-binding stuff from a wickedly talented duo” The Stage

WHERE AND WHEN
PLAYHOUSE 91, 316 E. 91st St (between 1st and 2nd), NY, NY
April 30, 7.30pm.

All the best, Kath and Alison