Adrian Mackinder first met Charlie Waller on a bench. Neither of them had sat on it before, so there was no argument about who had the right to sleep on it.
And it didn’t end up being a suppressed alibi in another failure in the country they both call home. It doesn’t have Irish names either.
Return to the bench
The bench in question was a prop. Or at least it was a bench, but requisitioned as a prop for a short duration: the run-up to their play ‘The Zoo Story’, which they performed together at the original House of International Theater in November 2017.
They had, of course, met before: that would be ridiculous … the two stars of an Edward Albee classic appearing on opening night had never rehearsed.
First performance in five years
Or maybe it’s not as absurd as it sounds: on Saturday 5 November they meet at a bench again, this time in LiteraturHaus in Nørrebro, and this time they don’t even have a manuscript.
It’s their first improv match since 2017. So call it ‘The Zoo Story 2: The Reunion’ if you want. Although they just keep it simple and call it ‘BENCH’.
To see double double
Eoin O Sullivan from Coping in Copenhagen podcast, which you can find on cphpost.dk, and old sparring partner Sarah McGillion from Inconspicuous Comedy are also on a show called ‘Moving Entranceways’. Some distinctly Irish names there, Flying Squad.
So the four of them are double-billing as part of an unremarkable comedy night called ‘Seeing Double’ and as an added bonus all four will team up for the second half.
Order your tickets via this link.