The Safari Party
Running: 08 Sep 2008 - 20 Sep 2008
Start: 19:30
by Tim Firth
Directed by Andrew Leggott
Wharfeside Theatre
Three households in Cheshire have agreed to hold a "safari party" - a dinner party, each course of which is served in a different house. The hors d-oeuvres are served by Daniel and Adam, young brothers struggiling to keep their family farm going after their father's death, the entrees by Lol and Esther, upwardly-mobile and vulgar, and desserts by Inga, a seemingly benign antiques dealer. Then there's the question of the table ... the brothers sold it to Inga, inventing a slightly colourful history for it to increase its value, and she then re-sold it at a staggering profit - with even more elaborate storytelling - to Lol and Esther. As the evening progresses, the many layers of the truth, some shocking, are revealed in this highly entertaining, surreal comedy.
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