sOmething sweet

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sOmething sweet

by

Ishwar Maharaj

Directed by

Maria Victoria Di Pace

13 - 15 June 2008

Festival 'La citta ideale del Teatro di Strada

Comune di Abbiategrasso

Via Annoni 28

Milano

Original Painting by Martin Barrios

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sOmething sweet

Inspired by Leonardo Da Vinci's comment, "I thought I was learning to live, I was only learning to die", sOmething sweet tells the story of Billie RubberNeck being visited by Death, but refuses to let him in, insisting that she has life inside and cannot have them both in the same room, whereupon Death has an epileptic fit on her doorstep forcing her to bring him in and then slowly discovers after tea and small talk that she is in fact dead and more to the point, that Death tricked her and is not diabetic like he said but rather a big nuisance prone to popping up out of the blue when you least expect him and insisting he get his own way.

In a parallel universe there is a boy, also called Billy RubberNeck who has an abstract thought about killing himself and needing some ideas on how to do it, goes to seek Death at his house only to find the very eccentric and colourful Mother of Death, who is disgruntled at everyone being obsessed with her son Death and decides that she is going to take matters into her own hands and save this one.
cast
Act 1
Billie RubberNeck - Anna Riddell
Death - Ishwar Maharaj

Act 2
Mother of Death - Ishwar Maharaj
Billy RubberNeck - Anna Riddell

Crew
Director - Maria Victoria Di Pace
Choreographer - Ash Mukerjee
Costume Designer - Marta Maineri
Lighting Designer - Nicolas Bovey
Stage Technicians - Memo, Ricky, Federico
Sound Operator - Federico Di Pace
Photography - Paola Colleoni

sOmething sweet promotional photos

Ishwar Maharaj as Death Anna Riddell as Billie RubberNeck

Anna Riddell as Billy RubberNeck

Ishwar Maharaj as Mother of Death

nO-bOdy nOse

nO-bOdy nOse

nO-bOdy nOse tells the story of a man with a box who one day finds a sneeze, which has been abandoned by its nose. The man feels a responsibility towards the sneeze and embarks on a journey to find the running nose with the hopes of reuniting them. Along the way he encounters extraordinary characters like Man with Hat, obsessed with hair, Woman with Dog, claiming to be God’s wife, The mysterious Echo’s and the Sibling bakers living in the Dead Wood harbouring a dark obsession for noses.




REVIEWS


“theatreunO’s multinational production is quite entertaining. Playwright Ishwar Maharaj, who also gives a wondering optimism to his role as Man With Box, has a light touch with some of the genuinely comic scenes. He has created a nice double act in Handsome and Delicious (Richard Andersson and Victoria Di Pace), the vain bickering owners of ‘Butter My Buns’ bakery and Niko Nicotera gives a wonderful turn as God’s wife, who appears to be Freddie Mercury in drag.”



“nO-bOdy nOse is an unusual and assured piece of writing. It contains a number of literary echoes from the Absurdists (particularly N.F.Simpson) to Gogol and has an innate theatricality.”Samuel French Ltd (publishers)




Jonathan Kent, theatre director“Ishwar Maharaj has written a witty and beguiling play which deserves to be seen.”

nO-bOdy nOse
Originally performed at The Space April 2006 with the following cast & Crew
Man with Box…Ishwar Maharaj
Man with Hat…Simon Rhodes
Voice of God…Niko Nicotera & Martine Niven
Woman with Dog…Niko Nicotera
Little Echo…Elia Diaz
Big Echo…Martine Niven
Handsome…Richard Andersson
Delicious…Victoria Di Pace

Director…Victoria Di Pace
Designer…Marie Antikainen
Lighting Technician… Ele Loizides
Stage Manager…Lauren Shapiro
Sound Operator...Federico Di Pace
Photography...Claudia Colella













Simon Rhodes as Man With Hat










Ishwar Maharaj as Man With Box

















Elia Diaz as Little Echo & Martine Niven as Big Echo



















Ishwar Maharaj & Victoria Di Pace as Delicious














Simon Rhodes & Ishwar Maharaj


















Nico Nikotera as Woman With Dog















Richard Andersson as Handsome & Victoria Di Pace as Delicious



















Elia Diaz as Little Echo













Victoria Di Pace












Ishwar Maharaj