Laughing wild returns to KZN

LISA Bobbert and Darren King reprise their award-winning roles in Laughing Wild, Christopher Durang’s internationally acclaimed comedy, which returns to the KZN stage after an absence of 10 years.

Laughing Wild will have you laughing, crying and gripping the edge of your seat as you meet two zany people who are as different to each other as a can of tuna is to the Vatican.

The show deals with the struggle of two people attempting to make sense of the world in which they are forced to live, coping with the everyday stress of trying to buy a can of tuna, coming to grips with the infinitely more taxing subject of religion.

Highlighting the dilemma we face of inhabiting over-crowded urban environments without forming meaningful relationships, Durang’s wickedly funny play exposes how we cohabit with each other, yet each remains nothing more than a faceless person in a crowd.

First presented as an off Broadway production in New York in 1987 (with its master-of-the-absurd playwright in the cast), Laughing Wild is written as a two-hander. Set in New York in the late 80’s, the play is structured around two 30-minute monologues, followed by a 30 minute second act, some of it monologue, some of it scenes between the two characters who remain unnamed.

Laughing Wild was previously staged in Durban in 2004, directed by Steven Stead who oversees the show’s KZN revival.

Catch it at DHS’s Seabrookes Theatre in Musgrave from 2 to 12 October, performances at 7.30pm Tuesday to Saturday and 3pm Sunday. Tickets at R100 for the Durban run can be booked through Web Tickets at www.webtickets.co.za (enquiries at 086 122 5598).