The story of Olive Oyl, the eternal sidekick of Popeye the Sailor.
Olive is a successful, strong, modern and independent woman. She has the main role in her life. However, when everyone’s favorite Popeye the Sailor appears on the horizon, Olive begins to lose herself more and more in his shadow. Feminism begins to be drowned out by the well-intentioned advice of the previous generation, and her boyfriend’s penis becomes the third member of their household.
The uncompromising text of the Israeli author Sivan Ben Yishai, who was chosen as the author of the year 2023 in a poll by the prestigious magazine Theater heute, breaks all taboos regarding the role of a woman alongside a man in contemporary society while portraying the clever and entertaining parallel of the main but at the same time rather secondary female character from animated series about Popeye the Sailor. You already know the penis, we will introduce you to the vulva!
The play was translatedwith the financial support of the Goethe Institute and the Czech Literary Fund Foundation.
Please note that explicit expressions are used in the production.
-The production LOVE/An Argumentatve Exercise became the laureate of the Josef Balvín Award 2023/2024 of the best Czech staging of german written play.