You’re invited: twin orphans, The Creepy Boys, are throwing their 13th birthday party.
It will have everything. Games. Gifts. Possibly Satan. Probably Cake. Combining 2000s sexy songs, satanic rituals, and Willam Dafoe, these horny little boys do whatever it takes to make their birthday dreams come true. This is one birthday party you’d be cursed to miss. The twins recruit the audience to help them set up their party, with all the deference and direct eye contact you’d expect from attending a twin-teen birthday blast, before driving the show off a horror-comedy cliff – think the twins from The Shining meets My Super Sweet 16. Through sexy dances, party games and reenacting their own birth, the Creepy Boys ramp up the chaos to the point of a blood sacrifice, all while interrogating the trappings of millennial nostalgia.
From real-life-lovers-turned-identical-twins, Sam Kruger (Winner – Just for Laughs Comedy Award 2019) and S.E. Grummett (Winner – Best Theatre, Adelaide Fringe 2021) comes a bizarre comedy with just a splash of the occult.
★★★★★ “Blisteringly anarchic and devilishly clever” – InDaily, (Australia)
★★★★★ “A brilliant piece of theatre” – Somewhere for Us (UK)
★★★★★ “Such a night to remember” – WhyNow (UK)
★★★★ “Wonderfully manic” – FestMag (UK)
★★★★ “A show that defies summary” – NorthWest End
UK WINNER – Lustrum Award for Unforgettable Show – Summerhall, Edinburgh Fringe 2023
NOMINATED – Brighton Fringe Award for Excellence
Age suitability: 16+
Warnings: Sudden loud noises, audience interaction/participation, strong language, sexual content, partial nudity
WRITTEN BY S.E. Grummett and Sam Kruger
DIRECTED BY Deanna Fleysher
LIGHTING DESIGN BY Marty Shlansky
SET DESIGN BY S.E. Grummett and Sam Kruger
COSTUME DESIGN BY S.E. Grummett and Sam Kruger
SOUND DESIGN BY S.E. Grummett and Sam Kruger
STAGE MANAGER Seón Simpson
CAST Sam Kruger, S.E. Grummett
TICKETS €20 | €16 (Concession)
RUNNING TIME 75 mins
ABOUT THE COMPANY
So.Glad Arts is an independent queer theatre company based in Canada. Founded in 2014, they strive to make work that empowers 2SLGBTQIA+ folks by telling stories often overlooked by mainstream theatre. They aim to disrupt the current processes of making theatre by creating inclusive artistic spaces for queer, transgender and other historically marginalised groups. Their work has been seen on a variety of different stages around the world including: Edinburgh Fringe, Prague Quadrennial, STOFF Festival (Stockholm), Twin Cities Horror Festival (USA), Adelaide Fringe, Undercurrents Festival (Canada), Blunderland Variety (Australia) and Latitude Festival (UK). This presentation was made possible by Creative Saskatchewan, SK Arts, Canada Council for the Arts.