Picasso at the Lapin Agile

Production still for "Picasso at the Lapin Agile". L-R: Jane Borghesi as Suzanne, Jeremy Sims as Picasso. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Picasso at the Lapin Agile

By Steve Martin

21 October 1994 – 30 October 1994 Merlyn Theatre

Playbox Theatre Company, Company B Belvoir, Melbourne International Festival Of The Arts,

Theatre International Co-Production

Steve Martin's long-running off-Broadway absurdist comedy places Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso in a Parisian cafe in 1904, just before the renowned scientist transformed physics with his theory of relativity and the celebrated painter set the art world afire with cubism. The convergence of geniuses and the fact that both the scientist Einstein and the painter Picasso are dealing with the same creative process. 

This production also toured to The Playhouse in Adelaide (3-12 November), and Belvoir Street Theatre (18 November 1994 - 7 January 1995). The production was remounted in 1997.

 Production still for "Picasso at the Lapin Agile". Tyler Coppin as Einstein. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Picasso at the Lapin Agile". L-R: Shane Bourne as Freddy, Jane Borghesi as Suzanne, Jeremy Sims as Picasso. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Picasso at the Lapin Agile". L-R: Tyler Coppin as Einstein, Deborah Kennedy as Germaine. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Picasso at the Lapin Agile". L-R: Deborah Kennedy as Germaine, Shane Bourne as Freddy. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Picasso at the Lapin Agile". Jeremy Sims as Picasso. Photographer: Jeff Busby
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Production still for "Picasso at the Lapin Agile". Tyler Coppin as Einstein. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Picasso at the Lapin Agile". L-R: Shane Bourne as Freddy, Jane Borghesi as Suzanne, Jeremy Sims as Picasso. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Picasso at the Lapin Agile". L-R: Tyler Coppin as Einstein, Deborah Kennedy as Germaine. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Picasso at the Lapin Agile". L-R: Deborah Kennedy as Germaine, Shane Bourne as Freddy. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Picasso at the Lapin Agile". Jeremy Sims as Picasso. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Creatives

Neil Armfield

Neil Armfield

Director

Stephen Curtis

Stephen Curtis

Designer

Rory Dempster

Rory Dempster

Lighting Designer

Steve Martin

Playwright

Virginia Nugent

Stage Manager

Linda Aitken

Production Manager