A Circus of Sorrows

Ask yourself... Why do people lie? To hide the truth! Nobody wants to find out the truth about themselves. And they certainly don’t want to know the truth about anyone else either. It would make life too hard!  What we want most of all is to avoid getting punished. And that’s the real reason everyone tells lies. 

Martin wants for nothing more than to be a zoo-keeper. Unable to relate to his parents he finds solace in his relationship with the animals and the increasingly important conjurings within his own head. Driven by his wish to communicate better with these animals he pursues, what eventually turns out to be, a very destructive course of action. 

Inspired by true events in a Warsaw Zoo in 2020, this play looks to explore what it is that makes us do what we do, and what our responsibilities are to each other.