HOMUNCULUS and TRASH DAY: ECC presents a comedy double bill of new plays

ECC is thrilled to announce our April Double Bill featuring  new one-act comedies by two writers under 30:  the world premiere of TRASH DAY, a dark comedy set on the streets of Brussels, written & directed by Aravind Dhakshinamoorthy; and HOMUNCULUS, a farcical romantic comedy written by New York playwright Santiago Mallan, who will also appear in the Brussels production.

TICKETS: www.billetweb.fr/trash-day-homunculus

PHOTOS: ‘Trash Day’ Photos // ‘Homunculus’ Photos &Video Teaser

TEAM:List of Cast & Crew

CONTACT: Jenny Brokvist, Producer, homunculus@ecc.theatreinbrussels.com 

SOCIAL:instagram.com/eccbrussels  // facebook.com/ECCBrussels 

FUN FACTS:

• TRASH DAY (white, yellow and blue) was written by a young  local playwright and set in a Brussels context.

• HOMUNCULUS was a sellout hit on stage in New York City, then became an independent film, which is now making the rounds of film festivals.

• The Brussels production of HOMUNCULUS will represent Belgium at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August. Follow our journey: instagram.com/homunculus_26

• ECC is the oldest anglophone theatre group in Brussels--founded in 1909!-- but takes pride in fostering and platforming  the voices of these young playwrights and actors.

More about TRASHDAY: A strange incident on a quiet night in Brussels on trash day propels three people into frantic moral reasoning about their lives and unresolved failures. What follows is a collision of talk, assumptions, and self-justifications.  Trash Day (white, yellow and blue) is a dark comedy about guilt, projection, and the chaos we create when no one is willing to shut up.

More about HOMUNCULUS: It’s their umpteenth breakup, but this time feels different to artist and self-styled sorceress Mimi. The obvious solution? Sculpt an idol of her ex during a thunderstorm, and top it off with the  foulest lovehate potion alchemy can brew!  An “impish word-drunk play” giving “big laughs and sharp plot turns with confidence” (Rob Weinert-Kendt, American Theatre Magazine), Homunculus is a classic farce in modern verse, a romance for the ages, an explosion of creativity, and a monstrously good time.

More about ECC: Founded in 1909 as the English Comedy Club in Brussels, ECC is a cornerstone of the city’s vibrant anglophone theatre scene, where we co-founded and share the  Warehouse Studio Theatre with the  American Theatre Company and  Irish Theatre Group.  Each year we produce a range of  work from a classic massive British Panto to new original comedy in our own blackbox.