DAVID CALVITTO

THE EVENT

The event

by John Clancy

A man stands in a pool of light in front of a room of silent strangers ready and willing to believe he’s a real person. But he tells us he is only an actor whose words and ideas belong to someone else –  the magician revealing how the tricks are done.

What if everything we believe and experience is an illusion designed to make us forget all that’s important? Are we alone on our own private stages? Part of what’s happening or merely watching?  

A thought provoking comic journey beyond the 4th Wall into the dangerous slippery territory that lies beneath the written word – and right before our eyes. 

David Calvitto has performed The Event in seven countries, in cities including London, New York, Berlin, Edinburgh, Belfast, Amsterdam, Luxembourg, Adelaide, and Perth. He’s toured in Australia, Germany, Holland, Ireland, the UK and the USA.

The Event is available for touring and David has full EU work rights and citizenship

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"Witty and incisive…A Calvitto masterclass… one of the funniest and cleverest performers around, who can signal a rare form of intellectual prat falling with the raise of an eyebrow"
The Herald, Scotland (UK)
"An incongruously entertaining lament for a technocratic, money-loving, cliché-packed  21st Century… Calvitto is a single performer gifted enough to rivet an audience."
The Times of London (UK)
"Intelligent and exhilarating… It deliberately and cruelly destroys illusion and makes us see how the trick is done.... Performed with a conjurer's élan by David Calvitto"
The Guardian, London (UK)
“An extraordinary tour-de-force… so lethally accurate and funny that it’s difficult to resist.”
The Scotsman (UK)
"Calvitto is a mix of droll Woody Allen and charming Steve Martin...great fun and highly entertaining."
The Adelaide Advertiser (AUSTRALIA)
“Brilliant. As complex and stimulating as it is pleasurable”
- Kieler Nachrichten (GERMANY)
"Jampacked with the best kind of smart content...Delicious, perniciously mind-bending stuff."
Financial Times (UK)
"Rarely have I experienced so much audience euphoria after a production and the wish that it could please continue for a while."
ArtiBerlin (GERMANY)
"Writer John Clancy marevlously exploits the important spark of something strange and real happening right before your eyes."
The New York Times (USA)
"Understated, intelligent and profound...Absolutely superb theatre that will live long in the imagination.
The Mirror (UK)
"Quite simply remarkable...the effortless ease with which he takes us with him is breathtaking....I was spellbound during and in awe thereafter."
FringeReview (EDINBURGH)
"Thrilling, mind expanding and 100% engaging...Clancy and Calvitto have been a multi-award-winning partnership."
Adelaide Independent (AUSTRALIA)
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2018

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