Intrepid Theatre

You’re invited: twin orphans, The Creepy Boys, are throwing their 13th birthday party. It will have everything. Games. Gifts. Possibly Satan. Probably Cake. Combining 2000s sexy songs, satanic rituals, and Willam Dafoe, these horny little boys do whatever it takes to make their birthday dreams come true.

This is one birthday party you’d be cursed to miss.

The twins recruit the audience to help them set up their party, with all the deference and direct eye contact you’d expect from attending a twin-teen birthday blast, before driving the show off a horror-comedy cliff – think the twins from The Shining meets My Super Sweet 16.

Through sexy dances, party games and reenacting their own birth, the Creepy Boys ramp up the chaos to the point of a blood sacrifice, all while interrogating the trappings of millennial nostalgia. From real-life-lovers-turned-identical-twins, Sam Kruger (Winner – Just for Laughs Comedy Award 2019) and S.E. Grummett (Winner – Best Theatre, Adelaide Fringe 2021) comes a bizarre comedy with just a splash of the occult.

★★★★★ ‘Blisteringly anarchic and devilishly clever’ -InDaily, (Australia)

★★★★★ “A brilliant piece of theatre” -Somewhere for Us (UK)

★★★★★ “Such a night to remember” -WhyNow (UK)

★★★★ “Wonderfully manic” -FestMag (UK)

★★★★ “A show that defies summary” -NorthWest End UK

WINNER – Lustrum Award for Unforgettable Show – Summerhall, Edinburgh Fringe 2023

NOMINATED – Brighton Fringe Award for Excellence

http://www.scantilygladtheatre.com

Accessibility

Sensory Warnings: Haze, loud noises, sudden loud noises, audience interaction/participation

Content warnings: Adult language, sexual content, partial nudity

Please indicate any accessibility needs, including wheelchair accessible seating or if you require seating with no stairs, in the provided field. We will do our best to assign seating that works for you and get in touch if we have any questions. A Visual Guide for The Metro Studio has been created, and is current as of August 2023. View it here.

About the artists

Scantily Glad Theatre an independent queer theatre company based in Canada. Founded in 2014, they strive to make work that empowers 2SLGBTQIA+ folks by telling stories often overlooked by mainstream theatre. They aim to disrupt the current processes of making theatre by creating inclusive artistic spaces for queer, transgender and other historically marginalised groups. They strive to produce new, thought-provoking theatre that promotes gender equality beyond the binary, and centre queer stories, while coming from a loving, empowering and, often silly place, believing that laughter is the best Trojan horse to educate and create change.

Through a combination of international touring, and professional productions, Scantily Glad Theatre has become a new and exciting voice of queer theatre in Canada. Their work has been seen on a variety of different stages around the world including: Edinburgh Fringe, Prague Quadrennial, STOFF Festival (Stockholm), Twin Cities Horror Festival (USA), Adelaide Fringe, Undercurrents Festival (Canada), Blunderland Variety (Australia) and Latitude Festival (UK).

S.E. Grummett (they/them) is a queer, transgender theatre artist from Treaty 6 Territory. Over the past 5 years, Grumms has created a body of original queer work and toured it around the world, including Canada, US, UK, Europe and Australia. They are the co-creator of “SCUM: a manifesto”, “Girl in the Box”, “Pack Animals” and “Creepy Boys”. Their solo-show, “Something in the Water”, has toured around the world to queer audiences young and old. Next up: “The Adventures of Young Turtle”, a puppet musical for queer and trans youth created by S.E. Grummett and indie music icon, Rae Spoon, premieres at Azimuth Theatre’s Expanse Festival in early 2024. Grumms is the recipient of the 2022 RBC Outstanding Award in recognition for their contribution to the queer and trans community across Saskatchewan. Outside of self-creation, Grumms also works as a director, puppeteer & video artist.

Sam Kruger (he/him) is a performer, theatre maker and recent immigrant to Canada. His solo shows “Fool Muun Komming! [BeBgWunderful/YEsyes/4sure.Hi5/TruLuv;SpankSpank:SOfun_Grate_Times” and “Bat Brains or (let’s explore mental illness with vampires)” have toured throughout Canada, US and UK since 2018 to widespread critical acclaim and various awards. During the pandemic, Sam began dabbling in sound design and composing. His sound design credits include Girl in the Box (Live Five Theatre), and Something in the Water (Scantily Glad Theatre). Kruger’s emphasis is in the creation of original theatre that draws on Lecoq-style physical theatre, Gaulier-esqe clown, performance art, and surrealism. Often exploring themes of isolation, loneliness, and the performativity of everyday life, Kruger’s work is funny, physical, stupid, sincere, wiggly and proudly weird. He holds a BA from the University of Minnesota, and is a graduate of the Ecole Philippe Gaulier, in Étampes, France.

This presentation was made possible by Creative Saskatchewan, SK Arts, Canada Council for the Arts.

Credits

S.E. Grummett (they/them) – Performer/Creator

Sam Kruger (he/him) – Performer/Creator

Shawn O’Hara (he/him) – Stage Manager

Free Youth OUTreach Tickets: A limited number of free tickets for queer youth and allies.

Pay-What-You-Ten Tickets: 10% of tickets are available for $10, in an effort to make theatre more accessible to equity-seeking groups, newcomers, artists & arts workers, and anyone for whom cost is a barrier. We believe the arts have something to offer everyone and we want to reduce financial barriers to our programming. No registration, forms to fill out, or questions asked. Just select the PWY10 ticket when booking online.

Arrival at the venue: The doors will open  30 minutes ahead of showtime.  Masks are strongly encouraged inside the theatre.

Refunds: If you are not feeling well or have any symptoms, please stay home to help keep everyone safe. We are able to discuss refunds on a case by case basis due to health reasons before the performance. Please contact tickets@intrepidtheatre.com. We are unable to arrange refunds after a performance has occurred.