The event

by John Clancy

A Smart, Funny, and Thought-Provoking Theatrical Experience.

Get ready for an unforgettable night at the theatre with The Event, a one-man tour de force starring award-winning actor David Calvitto. With sharp wit and deep insight, this play breaks down the art of performance while exploring the absurdities of life itself. 

Hailed as both a comic deconstruction of theatre and a profound look at human connection, The Event goes beyond the stage, inviting you to think, laugh, and reconnect with what matters most. Whether you’re drawn to its clever humour or its philosophical musings, this is a show you can’t afford to miss.

A thought-provoking, entertaining theatrical experience that will leave you talking long after the final bow.

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.

"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"
"An incongruously entertaining lament for a technocratic, money-loving, cliché-packed  21st Century… Calvitto is a single performer gifted enough to rivet an audience."
"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"
“An extraordinary tour-de-force… so lethally accurate and funny that it’s difficult to resist.”
"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 marvelously 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.
"Quite simply remarkable...the effortless ease with which he takes us with him is breathtaking....I was spellbound during and in awe thereafter."
"Thrilling, mind expanding and 100% engaging...Clancy and Calvitto have been a multi-award-winning partnership."

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