Revue Factory Productions

"If all you want to see is something that makes sense, go to the urinal. Your money isn't returnable in any case"... The Elephant Calf, Bertolt Brecht.

"That Old Mistake, Extravaganza!" is much like a urinal. Not in the sense that it should be wee'd on, but in the way it makes common sense out of those touchy subjects about government, war and corporations. I personally would have understood a lot more about politics in high school if I had a loud proud, cow give me the run down; or maybe I wouldn't have bought so many slave labour goodies if I knew it was Orphan Annie that I was slowly working to death.

However, "That Old Mistake Extravaganza!" does not preach. That's not the aim of our game. Like our idol, womanizing Bertolt Brecht, we choose to depict these subjects in a non-biased way. We present the issue, take no sides, and keep the dramatization to a minimum so it does not become ‘only a story'. We want our audience to leave thinking, not feeling.  We are not escapism, but we do believe it is better to laugh about these things than to cry. Old Hat you say? We say not!

So, there is no nude dancing, but there are skits, songs, dances (non-nude) and dialogues depicting political satire and social criticism till the cows come home. I would call it a Kabarett but I am afraid it would be more suited to be labeled Vaudeville...  or just an EXTRAVAGANZA!!!!

Constantine Stanislavski would probably throw his shoes at us (ha ha Bush) if he was in the audience. There is no acting technique. There is no three act structure. It's chaos my friend's and chaos at its best. We are fast paced, in your face, and all over the place. It is actors, writers and artists gone wild (without a director) and audiences will leave the theatre exhausted. We are an assault on the eyes, ears, nose and throat... okay, maybe not the nose. We hope.

"That Old Mistake, Extravaganza!" can be performed anywhere from a car park to a street corner. It has simple yet effective use of costume and props while the show itself is highly visual, loud and simple to understand. It's a combination of agitprop and street theatre that is artistically (not physically) dangerous, hazardous and perilous.