{"id":57761,"date":"2024-10-01T13:21:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T09:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=57761"},"modified":"2024-10-01T13:23:26","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T09:23:26","slug":"torn-4","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/event\/torn-4\/","title":{"rendered":"torn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Written and directed by award winning Australian writer\/director Alex Broun, assisted by Alexander Rondel, <em>torn<\/em> is described as \u201ca sexy, fast-paced, brutal, funny and at times moving dissection of post-millennium relationships &#8230; With echoes of Patrick Marber\u2019s <em>Closer<\/em>, torn is about the impossibility and possibility of love in a modern world where choices abound and nothing is forever\u201d. We\u2019re inclined to trust that summary; Alex Broun has an excellent track record in scripting and directing engaging, entertaining and sometimes illuminating theatre, and <em>torn<\/em> had a very successful run earlier this year in the QEII Theatre .<\/p>\n<p>The piece is set in modern-day New York, with four people in various stages of connection \u2013 lawyer Susan (Nadine Basiony) is in a relationship with advertising executive Cade (Osman Aboubakr: that\u2019s them above), and Gerry (Basel Yafi), a voice-over artist, is in love with Susan\u2019s PA Daniella (Kethy Kist).<\/p>\n<p>It will be performed at The Fridge in what\u2019s termed \u201cintimate mode\u201d with the audience fully immersed in the action (\u201cthey will be so close that they can literally reach out and touch the actors \u2026 although we are hoping that they won\u2019t!\u201d). \u00a0Quite apart from the theatrical experience, this means there will be only 70 seats available per performance \u2013\u00a0early booking is recommended.<\/p>\n<p>There are 8pm performances on 11, 12 and 13 October, with a 5pm show too on 12 and 13 October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">Written and directed by award winning Australian writer\/director Alex Broun, assisted by Alexander Rondel, torn is described as \u201ca sexy, fast-paced, brutal, funny and at times moving dissection of post-millennium relationships &#8230; With echoes of Patrick Marber\u2019s Closer, torn is <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/event\/torn-4\/\" title=\"torn\"> [&#8230; more]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":57762,"template":"","meta":{"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[55],"class_list":["post-57761","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","tribe_events_cat-theatre","cat_theatre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/57761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/57761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57761"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magpie.ae\/staging4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=57761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}