Nature Theater of Oklahoma: No President

In a world with less and less space for art, there’s nothing much left for the two actors Mikey and Georgie to do but to earn their daily bread by taking odd jobs with a security service.

Their latest gig paradoxically brings them back to the theatre. They are supposed to guard a theatre curtain – and whatever might lie behind it. But things are about to get out of hand as the guards find themselves infiltrated by a rival security company composed of ex-ballet dancers, who are not only artistically more up to date, but also faster and cheaper, and who want to take over this important gig at any cost.

Hold on as things spiral out of control in this over-the-top blend of ballet, silent film, slapstick, calisthenics, predatory animal behaviour and modern dance.

Conceived, written and directed by Pavol Liska and Kelly Copper, this is the long-awaited London debut of the off-off-Broadway company, one of the most distinctive voices in American theatre of the past decade.

No President is a production of Nature Theater of Oklahoma with Rhurtriennale and Düsseldorf Schauspielhaus and has received commissioning support from Fisher Center LAB, the Fisher Center at Bard’s residency and commissioning program. Work on this project has also been made possible in part by the Doris Duke Performing Artist Awards programme.