ART
by Yasmin Reza
20-24 May 08
The Art of Friendship
Are you who you think you are or are you who your friends think you are?Serge has bought a modern painting for a huge sum of money. Marc hates it and cannot believe that a friend of his could possible want such a work. Yvan attempts, unsuccessfully, to placate both sides.
If your friendship is based on tacit mutual agreement what happens when one person does something completely different and unexpected?
Yasmin Reza garnered international acclaim with her play Art (1994), for which she received the 1998 Lawrence Olivier Award for best comedy and the 1998 Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award for best play, as well as Molière awards for best author, best play, and best production. It has been translated into some thirty-five different languages and productions throughout the United States, Great Britain, Europe, and other parts of the world.