RESA FANTASTISKT MYSTISK IS RETURNING! For the first time in 15 years, Burglars of Hamm will present their acclaimed production of this previously unknown masterpiece by Swedish playwright/provocateur Lars Mattsun (1849-1912). Through Mattsun’s surreal theatricality and stunning wordplay, the audience is engulfed in the tale of a troubled young man named Philip, who follows a Mysterious Child into a world of art, sexuality and madness. Much of the original cast and production team return, including controversial director Todd Merrill. Resa has played to great acclaim in Los Angeles, Seattle, Edinburgh and New York, and the Burglars are excited to bring it back home as part of Hollywood Fringe Festival 2018.
NY Times – “Consistently, smartly funny and delightfully original”
New York Magazine – “A genius comic experience”
Theatremania – “One of the most original, funny, and inspiring shows of the New York International Fringe Festival”
OffOffOff – “So wonderful that you want to tell everyone about it and yet so deviously clever that you don’t want to spoil a thing for future playgoers”
NYTheatre.com – “If you’re looking for a show that makes you simply laugh out loud for 90 minutes, Burglars of Hamm and The Ghost Road’s current production, Resa Fantastiskt Mystisk, is the ticket.”
The Scotsman (Scotland’s National Newspaper) – “I wish I had seen this fantastic show sooner because then I could have recommended it to more people”
Chortle (Scotland) – “It’s all very funny, a brilliant example of how comedy at its best can really work the emotions”
Edinburgh Guide – “A fantastic laugh”
Willamette Week (Portland) – “The hands-down best production we saw” [at the Seattle Fringe]
The Stranger (Seattle) – “This production was totally awesome”
Seattle Times – “Genius… It’s something that must be seen to be fully understood”
Backstage West – “…may change the face of theatre as we know it… an earth-shattering, theatrical epiphany”
LA Times – “Don’t miss this opportunity to witness the glory that is Mattsun”
LA Weekly – “Clever, erudite, and often laugh-out-loud funny”
LA WEEKLY AWARD NOMINEE — PRODUCTION OF THE YEAR
AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE - NEW YORK FRINGE FESTIVAL
BACKSTAGE GARLAND AWARDS — PLAYWRITING AND ACTING
The winner of the 2017 Hollywood Fringe Best Comedy Award returns with four new pieces, including a world premier piece starring Hugo Armstrong. EASY TARGETS is for every audience member who has sat in the dark at a bad play thinking they now know what prison must be like. It allows the audience to act out the fantasy of punishing their jailers. A satire of one-person-shows, EASY TARGETS presents 4 short solo shows and then invites the audience to show their “appreciation” by pummeling the performers with rolled-up socks any time they feel bored, annoyed, patronized, manipulated, etc. Each audience of EASY TARGETS forms a pack working to remind the performers, writers and designers that if they fail to respect the audience, they will suffer the sock!
Better Lemons - "One of the most fun evenings you will ever have at the theater... such a hoot"
This Stage LA - "So funny and so smart... gorgeous... relentlessly entertaining and beautifully performed."
Stage Raw - "About the most fun one can have in the theatre.... exquisitely calibrated... a genuinely hilarious production, and a Fringe must-see." (Top Ten)
Gia On The Move - "The most fun you will have at Fringe... So creatively absurd is the comedy and so galvanizing is the writing, directing and performances... you may be in jeopardy of spending an entire pay day check on socks! Brilliant!"
See It Or Skip It - “Oh my Goodness, I had so much fun... I cried because I was laughing so hard... If you can get a ticket to this, you won’t be disappointed... a must-see.... just go, get there!”
fringereview.com - "Brilliant comedic minds... razor-sharp... tight and astute performances... by golly, you just want to knock Clark Gable's hat off his dumb head"
ScopingLA - "Want to get that pent up aggression out of your system...? 'Easy Targets' at Sacred Fools is here for you... incredibly entertaining... these talented actors are eager to see what your pitching arm can deliver. Come at ’em!"
Haunting - "Masterful blend of a one-person show, props, and audience participation... one of the best shows I’ve seen at Fringe to date"
The TVolution - "Absurd perfection... so dead-on funny... As far as 14 karat zaniness goes, this show was a Fort Knox"
The Scotsman (Scotland’s National Newspaper) – “The woman next to me laughed so hard, she had to use an inhaler.”
Three Weeks (Scotland) – “Jaw droppingly good comedy”
The Stage (Scotland) – “This is just great fun”
The Daily Bruin – “Seeing a play has never been so much fun”