Karin and Arlo are friends. One is stronger; the other remembers their lines.

Standard Acts explores how power manifests in our relationships by watching two performers test dominance, competition and submission in an electric and comedic dissection of power in partnership. Smashing together wrestling matches, stand-up comedy and throwback tunes on a tape-deck, Standard Acts considers how power shows up in the spaces we inhabit and the ideologies we rely on.

Hold for wrestling.

Created by Karin McCracken and Meg Rollandi with Arlo Gibson, directed by Julia Croft. Sound design and composition by Oliver Devlin and lighting design by Calvin Hudson.

Presented as part of Auckland Fringe 2021.