The Dumb Waiter

2024

With Stephen Papps and Michael Lawrence.

Directed by Edward Peni.

‘I hope the bloke’s not going to get to excited tonight, or anything. I’m feeling a bit off. I’ve got a splitting headache.’

Edward Peni directs Michael Lawrence and Stephen Papps in Pinter’s famous one act play…menacing, snappy and enigmatic. A modernist tragicomedy.

‘A solid and enjoyable feast’

A one-act play about two hitmen stationing in wait for their target. The play entangles you in several parodies of conversation as well as the usual absurdness of it all. It explores the idea of humanity facing a mysterious universe and an impending confrontation with mortality. The play’s absurd series of events is characteristic of Pinter’s work.

June 14 @ 2.30pm & 7pm June 15 @ 7pm

Ellerslie War Memorial Hall & Community Centre
134-138 Main Highway, Ellerslie, Auckland.

Booking information:

Bookings: www.iticket.co.nz

Tickets:

$25 ($20 concessions

“Supported and funded by the Ōrakei Local Board”