The Long Pigs – Adelaide Fringe

Fresh from the hunt, they arrive. Attired in a confusing array of surgical and abattoir garb, the trio of comrades dump their spoils on the factory floor ready to feast. Thrilled muttering drives their joy as a pile of shiny red noses’ emerge from beneath a rusty bucket.

The count of the catch reveals all is not well. They are one nose short! Spine tingling original theatre that is hilariously dark and frighteningly absurd. Join this underground clown cult audiences have been raving about.

The Long Pigs is genuinely funny. It invests in classic comic forms, extensive classic training in theatre and ultimately it’s as much Three Stooges as it is Jean Genet. The Long Pigs has opened the box of clown from the wrong end. It’s definitely no children’s party.

Cast: Clare Bartholomew, Nicci Wilks, Mozes Mozes
Devisor/Director: Susie Dee
Presented by WE3, Cluster Arts, and Live at Tandanya.

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"The Long Pigs is juvenile, blasphemous and almost completely inexplicable. But it is probably the most engrossing and satisfying work of physical theatre I’ve seen in the better part of a decade: strange and terrific indeed." - Chris Boyd, The Australian

"The Long Pigs is a dirty little masterpiece, and it’ll change the way you think about clowning. It might even go some of the way to curing your fears. Get your tickets before this clown car leaves town." - Byron Bache, The Herald Sun

"It’s not often in the theatre that you suddenly realise you are in the presence of creative genius." - Geoffrey Williams, Stage Whispers

"For many, clowns are terrifying—but in this Brechtian movement piece they become genuinely evil. The real talent comes in the constantly kinetic display. This is a perfect use of movement-based theatre: visceral, visual and violent all at once." - Giles Hardie, Time Out