Now On! The Players Presents
Bouncers
by John Godber
Directed by Rafaela Lacerda
at
(click on above for website and location)
This amateur production is presented by arrangement
with Josef Weinberger Ltd
“You gotta have a tie
You gotta have a suit
You gotta look nice
Or you’ll get the boot”
Who amongst you has never been to a disco? Who amongst you has never got angry at the bouncer for not letting you in? But… How many of you have ever been on the other side? How many of you have ever had to put up with customers who think they run the place?
We invite you to visit Mr. Cinders “the Disco place for you and me” and we assure you our tough bouncers will welcome you warmly. Even if you don’t have a tie, even if you don’t have a suit, even if you don’t look nice, you won’t get the boot! Well…
And we ask you to think, only for a couple of seconds, if you would have the guts to be one of them.
One…
Two…
Have you got an answer? If it is “That’s TOO MUCH FOR ME” come on and be sympathetic to them. If your answer is “OF COURSE I WOULD” come along and check it out with your own eyes… You might change the way you see the bouncers the next time you go for a dance. If you don’t come you will never know… Do you want to live in ignorance for the rest of your life? We don’t think so…
So do, do come along and bring your most sceptical friends with you!
Loosen up!
Enjoy!
Say “hip hip hop” and don’t you stop!
(click on above for website and location)
Avenida Dom Carlos I, 61,
SANTOS
Tickets €10 or €7 students
bouncersremix@yahoo.com
Tel: 919232080 (call or text)
Thursday to Saturday, 9.30pm: 4th, 5th, 6th and 11th 12th, 13th March
Sunday Matinees, 5pm: 7th and 14th March
“Bouncers - 1990s Remix” was written by the British playwright John Godber in 1991. It depicts in a comical and satirical way the daily life of four disco doormen of a somewhat mediocre club – not certainly the trendiest place in town – and their costumers.
Young men whose only goals are alcohol and sex; young women with similar purposes and the intent to look older than they really are just because they want to show it to society; men and women who will try to avoid routine, failed marriages, frustrated relationships, the job they dislike.
And the doormen, those people we always perceive in a rather stereotyped manner. Who, in the end, are real people, with real problems, with real feelings… And they are not all alike; each one of them has their own individual characteristics well stamped in the way they speak, in the way they relate with one another and with the customers.
It’s a show with a minimalistic set ( just 4 chairs and 2 steps) and with no props, in which the four actors only use body and voice to bring to life four singular disco doormen and a series of characters who attend the club where they work. It illustrates the life of these men in a harsh way, with a very sharp and caustic humour which – in spite of the laughter it may provoke – will eventually cause some discomfort and leave a bitter taste. Irresistible, though…
Estrela Hall is undergoing the first phase of our ambitious 3-phase refurbishment of the theatre. The building works mean that there will be a CHANGE OF VENUE. However come April we plan to reopen Estrela Hall with:
João Blumel’s
Incredible Mind-Reading Show