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Loser
Thomas Sainsbury
A high school reunion provides fertile territory for an inspired piece of high-spirited mayhem. Six ex-classmates turn up for their 10 year celebration providing material for an hilarious pitch black/zit pink comedy, emotionally charged, over-the-top, and embarrassingly close to the bone. It’s a wild mix of searing exposés of the ruthless cruelties and absurdities of school life, of all its painful and side-splittingly funny realities.
“Their energy flies around the theatre and the play clips along at an almost breathtaking speed … Loser is winner.”
The Listener
“Thomas Sainsbury is a remarkable talent … clearly blessed – or cursed? – with a compulsion to make plays … At 25 his score of plays written and produced is into double figures … I can see him fast becoming a classic playwright of his generation …”
Theatreview
“Sainsbury has a gift for the comedic macabre. The writing is clever and funny … His exuberant enjoyment of the poignant humiliation arising from human weakness … delighted the audience.”
Frances Edmond
“To say Thomas Sainsbury is an exciting new talent in NZ theatre is an understatement. He’s the most challenging, down-to-earth, funny and refreshingly unsettling playwright/director I’ve come across in years. He’s also a powerhouse of productivity …”
Sian Robertson
“Theatre is not about being safe – it is about expression, and artistic endeavours sometimes need to be intrepid.”
Thomas Sainsbury
Born in Matamata, Thomas moved to North to study English Literature and Theatre at Auckland University. Since completing his BA he has won Playmarket’s Young Playwright competition four times, and is now a very well know comedian, actor, director and writer for theatre, TV and film.
His plays Luv, The Mall and The Christmas Monologues have also been published by The Play Press.