HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Happy Birthday is a side-splitting comedy which explores the dynamics between a rich couple who just cannot seem to remain faithful to each other. Bernard, the husband, cleverly manages to invite his very sexy mistress, Brigit, over to their country home for her birthday despite the presence of his snobbish wife, Jacqueline. He cleverly orchestrates it in such a way that he invites his best friend, Robert, over and plans to pass his mistress off as Robert’s girlfriend. However, Jacqueline is also cheating on her husband with Robert and does not take it lightly when she discovers that Robert has another “girlfriend”.

Another character is thrown in, a temporary maid, who happens to share the same name with Bernard’s mistress, Brigit, and a whirlwind of hilarious confusion, lies, and sneaking carries the play. Would Bernard find out that his wife is his best friend’s lover? Would Jacqueline create a storm if she finds out that her husband has a mistress? How would Robert keep his secret from Bernard and still please Jacqueline? Would Brigit, Bernard’s mistress, reveal Bernard’s secret if she feels like she is not getting enough attention from a busily plotting Bernard? Would Brigit, the temporary maid, in her state of confusion in this very strange house, unintentionally forget the numerous roles she’s given to play and reveal the secrets of the couple?

This play embodies the confusion of role-playing, and is heavily infused with pun and ambiguity in its language. It is easy to be quite lost in the hurricane of punned words, lies, sneaking and clever manipulations.

Showing at the Efua Sutherland Drama Studio, University of Ghana, Happy Birthday would be running for four days from the 10^th of May to the 13^th of May.

It would be a criminal offense to miss out!