“The Dumb Waiter” at The Hub in Vernon on September 27, 28 and 29 at 8 p.m.

“The Dumb Waiter”       Press Release Sept. 2012        Entertainment

It’s Back.

The Tragically Comic Players will present Harold Pinter’s sensational comedy of menace “The Dumb Waiter” at The Hub in Vernon on September 27, 28 and 29 at 8 p.m.  This wonderfully off-beat classic is perfect for this exciting new venue.  Tickets are $10 at the door or in advance from members of The Tragically Comic Players or at The Bean Scene across from The Hub.

 

Nobel Prize winner Harold Pinter takes us into the minds of two hit men waiting for their next assignment.  Phillip Wagner, Artistic Director of The Tragically Comic Players joins with Ted Fox, actor/musician/songwriter, for this special performance.  They love it.

Rod MacDonald is Technical Director, and Annika Lauriston is stage manager.  A minimal, negative-space set design is by Wagner.  Sound effects play the part of the dumb-waiter.

When awarding the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2005, the highest honour available to any writer in the world, Horace Engdahl, Chairman of the Swedish academy, said that Pinter was an artist “who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression’s closed rooms.”

 Pinter himself wrote, “There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between what is true and what is false.  A thing is not necessarily either true or false; it can be both true and false.  I believe that these assertions still make sense and do still apply to the exploration of reality through art.  So as a writer I stand by them but as a citizen I cannot.  As a citizen I must ask:  What is true?  What is false?”

The two characters in “The Dumb Waiter” are hit men who are ostensibly not too bright, but they deal with the absurd mystery that presents itself to test them in their “waiting room” with an arduous struggle of profound intensity.  The resulting comedy is subtle and menacing.

For more information regarding this highly entertaining masterfully written play or for reservations, please call 1-250-547-6045.  Thank you.