RIOT!
Written & Performed by Jeff & Ryan Gladstone		Monster Theatre - Vancouver, BC
 monstertheatre.com		V.14 - The King's Head Pub 
Whose side are you on?

New York City. 1849. Rival Shakespearean actors both playing Macbeth in theatres across the street from each other. What follows is the bloodiest theatre riot of all time, with over 30 deaths, the National Guard, a cannon, a dead sheep and thousands of angry rioters.

Real-life brothers Jeff and Ryan Gladstone get to the bottom of why people find it so easy to fight in this brand new Monster Theatre creation.

A part of Monster Theatre's 25th Anniversary Celebration.

Cast:
Jeff Gladstone, Ryan Gladstone

   

Show Info:
60 minutes
Genre:
Play-Comedy

Audience:
Mature

Coarse Language, Violent Content, Graphic Violence, Gunshots

Thu July 17 6:00 PM
Fri July 18 7:00 PM
Sat July 19 5:00 PM
Sun July 20 6:00 PM
Mon July 21 8:00 PM
Tue July 22 6:00 PM
Thu July 24 8:00 PM
Fri July 25 9:00 PM
Sat July 26 7:00 PM
Sun July 27 2:00 PM

RIOT!

Monster Theatre—The King’s Head Pub

This was the very first performance of this new show in front of a crowd, so there were a few missed cues and forgotten lines, but that was OK as Jeff and Ryan Gladstone’s self-depreciating humour about the errors keeps the crowd with them. Monster Theatre is celebrating its 25th year of fun and frolicking shows, and this one fits that bill. Based on a true story about the 1849 Astor Place riot in New York that developed from a rivalry between two actors (one American and one English), this 5 act play steps through the various ingredients and factors needed to create a riot. With a bit of subtext for class warfare and the brotherly battle between the two Gladstones, it is a great show to just sit back and relax with a beer and enjoy the ride.

Murray Hunter