Tap Out! (Or I’ll Hit You Again) – Gilded Balloon Patter House
The stage is adorned with a punchbag which gives you a clue as soon as you enter. Now, just to make things clear, this is not a play about boxing, but it is used during the play – the play is so much more! Written by Conor Dye, the play follows a man (Matt Ackermann) who at the beginning of the play is handcuffed to a hospital bed, and it is the playwright’s job to write his story. And, what a story it is!
Tired of his everyday existence, and getting gradually more and more frustrated, man (as I am going to call him) decides that he is going to take out his frustration on anyone who annoys him, which is just about everyone! As he picks his targets, he stumbles upon a homeless man who he conducts a quick moral evaluation on before he decides punch him, b...