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Arabian Night, by the celebrated German playwright Roland Schimmelpfennig, revolves around five characters who share an apartment on the seventh floor of one of the many claustrophobic tower block apartments in Berlin. Each character has another ‘life’ loosely related to the world of Arabian Nights where his or her various desires and fears are given form and acted out. In a complicated ‘dance’ that takes place during one evening on the hottest night of the year, the five interact both in the real and in the imaginary world with the boundaries becoming increasingly blurred between the two, resulting in a rich theatrical texture. It is a fusion of observation and action which is dynamic, startling and deeply absorbing. As if from a strange dream, the play leaves us waking up without a clear resolution or rational explanation. Arabian Night is the kind of play that lives by working on the imagination of the audience.

Snippets from Reviews:- (for full reviews click on "attachments" below)

"Whatever you're doing this weekend, cancel it. You have to see "Arabian Night" David O'Brien - Db Magazine

"A committed, frenzied and mind-meltingly clever pleasure" Steven Davenport - Indaily

"If you accept that a theatrical event is just that then....you need listen to me no longer....An involving performance right from the time the audience is admitted....the play works by resonance not a sledgehammer. I know that I'm going to try to see it again." Myk Mykyta - Radio Adelaide

A funny, fast-paced and captivating production. Joh Hartog has the cast (all of whom give excellent performances) moving almost non-stop. ...a challenging script, resulting in some very dynamic contemporary theatre" - Jamie Wright - Adelaide Theatre Guide

"Accidental Productions.....has pulled off this offbeat tale with panache....Jessica Barnden has ..delivered a stellar performance....Chris Asimos has pulled a genie out of the bottle....reality and fantasy blur in a manner that is challenging, entrancing and disturbing" Stephanie Johnson - Australian Stage On-line

"Barnden's performance is riveting....Do not wait too long to get a ticket or you might miss out when word gets around." -Barry Lenny - Glam Adelaide

“This piece is like a poem. A kinky, sexy, comic, sad, ode to longing and love and desire.” (Australian Stage Online 2008)
 

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Some observations from critics of a 2004 production by @Risk in Melbourne:

"Arabian Night is theatre careering at top speed down narrow streets, laughing at scared pedestrians and flipping the finger to its red faced pursuers." John Bailey, Beat, 2004 "Arabian Night is a delight; that rare and exciting phenomenon, something that stretches the imagination in unexpected ways." Helen Thomson, The Age, 2004 "Arabian Night is an all-round winner… quite possibly unlike anything you've seen before." Louise Jones, Inpress, 2004