Longing Lasts Longer
with Penny Arcade and Steve Zehentner
SATURDAY 27TH AUGUST AT 7:30 – TICKETS
One of the most renowned artists from the New York underground arts and theatre scene with a rich history of working with other artists such as Andy Warhol, Patti Smith, Holly Woodlawn, Jayne County, Jackie Curtis and Quentin Crisp among others, Penny Arcade is providing Oslo with a rare chance to see riveting, exciting, performance art created by a celebrated American artist.
"Bursting with energy…hilarity and pathos" ★★★★★★ Edinburgh Evening News
"Exhilarating, passionate…A unique voice capturing the zeitgeist of a cultural genocide" ★★★★★ The Stage
"Penny Arcade gives one hell of a show…vital, dangerous, hilarious and a wake up call" ★★★★★ Attitude Magazine
New York’s undisputed queen of the underground and legendary avant-gardist Penny Arcade, has performed Longing Lasts Longer, a rock n’ roll blend of stand-up comedy and memoir, in over 40 cities around the world. Finally this show is coming to Norway!
Longing Lasts Longer – a fierce, visionary and ultimately hopeful critique of New York’s slide from the “city that never sleeps” to the “city that can’t wake up.” It's a crack at gentrification; not only the gentrification of our cities but the gentrification of ideas. It's a stand up for authenticity, a kick against mediocrity.
As the new tide of political correctness threatens to sink radical comedy under the weight of New York City's suburbanization, the international performance legend whose name has become globally synonymous with "Downtown New York Art,” makes it safe to think and laugh at the same time! Longing Lasts Longer is an evening of dangerous ideas and radical inquiry into what it means to be human, right now! Right here!
Penny Arcade has never wavered or relaxed in her quest to entertain, challenge and expand both herself and her audience. Her rare ability to articulate ideas that are still forming in the collective psyche that have not yet emerged and been sanctioned by collective consciousness is a message of hope and optimism.
The production won both Scotsman Fringe First and Herald Angel Awards at the 2015 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
At 18, Arcade made her debut with John Vaccaro's explosive Playhouse of the Ridiculous before becoming a teenage Andy Warhol Factory Superstar, featured in the Warhol/Morrissey film Women in Revolt. She went on to collaborate with such seminal countercultural instigators as Charles Ludlum, Judith Malina and Jack Smith. The late Quentin Crisp described her as his soul mate and the woman with whom he most identified.
Arcade's three-decade body of work, made up of both solo and group pieces, includes her internationally renowned show about sex and censorship, Bitch! Dyke! Faghag! Whore! With its international troupe of strippers and erotic dancers, the work spearheaded the neo burlesque performance movement and counts many of today's burlesque stars as alumnae. B!D!F!W! has been performed in over 30 cities, including a year-long Off Broadway run and a 48-performance 20th anniversary revival in London in 2012. London's The Times called it "the smartest, most quotable theatrical party in town" solidifying Arcade's reputation for powerful one-liners. In a five-star review, Time Out London wrote, "[This] signature piece and its exploration of misogyny and repressions in capitalist society remains as challenging, witty and germane today as when it premiered two decades ago-acute, humane, unmissable."