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Drama
Mon 8 March 2010 at 8pm
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
Bruiser Theatre Co
€12/€10
Friends: Personal 3 for 2, Couples 4 for 2, Business 6 for 3
We're turning our bar into The Eatery Speakeasy for cocktails and laid back jazz beforehand! Join us!
Written by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Lisa May.
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui is one of Brecht's best known plays. It is an alarming and savagely hilarious allegory of Hitler's rise to power, in which the Fuhrer is portrayed as charismatic Chicago gangster Arturo Ui, endeavouring to seize the city's fruit and vegetable racket from top-dog Al Capone. He systematically seduces the public and eliminates his political rivals in his bid for total domination.
This is political theatre at its best and most powerful. Six actor/musicians will play over fifty characters to bring this powerful story to life in the true Bruiser physical style.
Unnerving and scathing; the battle for political status and the corruption of power still fill our newspapers in 2010. When credits crunch, to whom do we turn? Arturo Ui offers protection and freedom - at a very large price.
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