Nihilistic Optimism on Trampolines
A wildly weird reimagining of the origin of Frankenstein, featuring a theatrically gruesome battle on trampolines to a soundtrack of existential dread and an entire swimming pool worth of sweat.
It’s an unbearably boring afternoon at Trampoline World. Thunder crashes overhead, some kid has thrown up in the bathroom, AND the roof is leaking... again.
Boredom quickly descended into cutthroat competition, and existential dread explodes into colourfully grotesque live rock music. There’s a bloody fight in a foam pit, and even gut-wrenching, stomach-churning, heart-shattering poetry can’t save love.
Nihilistic Optimism on Trampolines is a comedically cathartic battle between nihilism and optimism with all the angst of working in customer service, exploring the struggle to find identity and purpose in a tumultuous world with an uncertain future.
Can these Nihilistic Optimists find meaning in their seemingly meaningless job?
Featuring text from Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, and text from Mary Shelley's personal journals
Had I not previously known about Mary Shelley, her friends and the origins of her Frankenstein story, I would have struggled to know what was happening. It was a very original, ambitious but slightly confusing reworking of the story.
I loved the live music , in feel, atmosphere and wonderful timing.