Go back to work on Monday

If you are a certified professional it’s definitely your piece of cake! However do not read this if you are not ready for answering the basic questions… There has to be a revolution, but it has to be a revolution of consciousness… and then “all institutions will be overturned including the institution of the revolution itself” [Jo Twist].

Four actors on the stage with just a couple of props and one pianist made the play “Certified” (the Curve Theatre, Leicester, September 2012) spectacular, expressive and meaningful. It is one of the best plays I have ever seen because of this hilarious actors’ play, as well as the great script written by Scott Rankin and Glynn Nicholas.

“Certified” is a story of four professionals - three executives and their boss - who are going together to a tropical resort for a weekend to talk about restructuring the company. The boss mentioned previously that he was looking for the best partners for himself so they should have been ready for everything, including the fact that not all of them would go back to work on Monday. Because of this warning, all his employees decided to go with him to the resort, despite the fact that this was not suitable for them. During this trip they discuss much more than only topics related to their work. An audience is a witness of four tragic-comedian life stories, based on the most common stereotypes of men: a successful boss, an exemplary husband and father, a midlife crisis sufferer and a young smart playboy. Their daily problems and worries are shown with a fantastic sense of humor, full of ironic comments and sarcastic punch lines, which makes the show unbelievable funny. On the other hand, the problems discussed on the stage are the main issues of human life like love, fraternity, relationships, loneliness, self-esteem and being.

The main questions asked on the stage are: “Who are you?”; “What do you want?”; “What do you want for yourself”. The answers are not easy and the four characters hardly try to find the best solution for themselves. 

This brilliant play is not only a “man’s world”, despite the fact that only men are shown there. It’s an intellectual and psychical battle in which we all take part every day, because “I am who I am, I am just a man”…

Let me ask you: 

Who are you? What do you want? What do you want for yourself?