Inspired by actual news stories from around the globe this 60 minute drunken romp is a provocative look at love and the violence love can bring, prompting the question, how far would you go for love?
Mark Storen conjures up the Ringmaster – a grotesque guide – who takes his audience on an exploration of love, inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche: What is done out of love, always takes place beyond good and evil.
A Drunken Cabaret is a tale of love, life and existence that will have you falling off your chair with laughter one minute, and crying into your beer the next.
“FOUR STARS “- Time Out New York.
“A Philosophical and funny look at the taboo space where love turns homicidal. Impressively incorrect.” – 4 Stars, The Advertiser
“It’s not everyday you encounter a man who can write a song about bestiality and actually make it touching. A hilarious hour long musing on the dark,violent side of love.” – NYTHEATRE.com
“A talented theatrical all-rounder, Storen has created a seductively grotesque character in the Ringmaster to guide the audience through this engagingly perverse tour of what can go wrong when obsessive love turns bad. Thrilling and poignant” – The West Australian
“The smutty and politically inncorrect songs which are original and catchy show him at his best. A Drunken Cabaret delivers a memorable performance from a clever comic, excellent singer and avid observer of the human condition” – 4 Stars, The Advertiser
“Where has Mark Storen been hiding? This talented performer deserves to go to the very top. Weird, yes. Addictive, yes. More Mark Storen? Yes please.” – 4.5 stars, Adelaide Theatre Guide
“There is definetley something for everyone to take from this gripping drunken romp.” – XPRESS MAGAZINE