The Architect and the Emperor of Assyria

The Architect and the Emperor of Assyria is the most enduring play by Spanish Absurdist playwright and artist Fernando Arrabal. After a plane crashes on a remote island, the lone survivor reinvents western civilization for the island's sole inhabitant. Created as a site specific show in a Melbourne bar, it has since played in theatres and bars.

"fun, fethishistic and macabre" Sun Herald

Pony Bar, Melbourne Fringe Festival, 2001
Bar Open, Melbourne , 2001
B-Sharp, Belvoir St Theatre, 2002 (Gay Games Cultural Festival

Two Melbourne Fringe Festival awards (Best Production of an Existing Text, Melbourne International Festival Award)