Antilton

“Nobody will come watch this, and that’s if you could even legally do it. It’s simply got no legs.”

“It has six legs!”

A struggling artist has the strange idea to take Lin-Manuel Miranda’s global smash hit musical Hamilton and recreate it almost word for word, except for one key difference: now it’s about ants instead of people. Worse yet – they want to perform it in their own backyard, and have roped their roommates into the production!

The living room becomes a rehearsal space, old friends and complete strangers are brought onboard, and everyone knows it’s a circus, except for the writer, the director and the star (all the same person). Friendships will be pushed to the limit, insults will be hurled, someone will even book a gig in a Stan Original, but worst of all is this – theatre kids will try to rap.

Among the cast of this possibly illegal rip-off are the Skeptic, best friend and biggest critic; the Enabler, who literally can’t say no; the Talent, someone with an actual career at stake and Nervous Noel, who is exactly as his name suggests.

The first full-length play written and directed by Oscar O’Brien, Antilton was born from the feeling of hopelessness and shame that comes from being an independent artist with no prospects on the horizon, and the lengths we can go to just for validation as a creator. This slightly absurd, very meta oddball comedy play also explores the lengths mates will go to – even when their mate might be absolutely cooked.