Sports Play by Elfriede Jelinek

Following the critically acclaimed run of Sports Play by Nobel Prize winner Elfriede Jelinek, which coincided with the London 2012 Olympics, Just a Must is reviving the play for two nights only before embarking on an international tour to three continents.

Sports Play explores, with angry wit, the marketing and sale of human bodies and emotions in sport, questioning our obsession with fitness, body image and high performance at any cost. Blurring the boundaries between theatre and sport, this performance turns Jelinek's linguistic gymnastics into an Olympic feat for the actors and audiences alike.

“Bristling with ideas and fierce feeling” - The Guardian
“A marathon effort lifted by humour” The Times

“Unlike much of the theatre you'll see in this country... Rife with linguistic and comic trickery [and] is also excellently performed and staged” - ***** One Stop Arts