WIld/society
by Mika Laulainen
TOURED TO TORONTO FRINGE, WINNIPEG FRINGE, CALGARY FRINGE, VICTORIA FRINGE, & VANCOUVER FRINGE FESTIVALS
PRODUCED BY STAR STAR THEATRE | SUMMER 2016
“Mika Laulainen has written a clever mix of slapstick comedy and dark statements on environmental profit-mongering all wrapped up in cute fluffy animal costumes. Wild/Society has much to say and Mika Laulainen and Melissa Oei are a pair of talented women who work brilliantly together. By the end you will be drowning in laughter as they meet their fate. ”
“The stark differences between the two halves cleverly invite audiences to investigate them both more closely to see how they might fit together. [...] WILD/SOCIETY will reward you with a cheerful, cryptic indictment of humanity.”
In the Oscar Wilde inspired WILD, forest animals face the housing market crisis. Rabbit aims to be the most popular city lady when she moves to the newest development in town. Raccoon couldn’t care less about social politics. Then, in the Beckett styled SOCIETY, two executive penguins bide their time after being forced into hiding. They get very drunk, very high, and deny global warming. A modern day pool party… but the weather is awfully cold for July. What will the city ladies think of Raccoon? What is this bulldozer doing outside? And what are all these icebergs doing in the pool?
Directed by Brian Cochrane & Jamie King
Performed by Mika Laulainen & Melissa Oei
WILD and SOCIETY are to be presented as a diptych: WILD/SOCIETY
45 minutes | 2f
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