Oops All Stalins
A black comedy larp
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Venue: Petone Community House, 6 Britannia St, Petone [Map]
Tickets/Registration: LilRegie
Cost: $20, $15 for NZLARPS members
Contact: Tim Crow
‘Oops All Stalins’ is a black comedy theatreform Larp being run on the 28th September, at the Petone Community House. Doors open at 5pm, briefing at 5:45, game at 6pm.
The date: December 18th, 1952. The place: East Berlin. In attendance:
Stalin,
Stalin. Stalin. Stalin. Stalin.
Stalin. Stalin.
Stalin. Stalin. Stalin. Stalin.
Stalin.
Well, they can’t all be Stalin, but they all look like Stalin, at least a bit. All characters are written to be played as any gender.
It’s the night before the start of a nuclear weapons control treaty conference. All the movers and shakers are here. Dinner has been had, and now it’s time to ‘mingle’ and do the real power broking before the tedium of the formal negotiations. Of course, the topic on everyone’s lips will be the nuclear weapons treaty, but with westerners in attendance, opportunities for defection, assassination, and score settling are rife.
Of course, making sure you’re dealing with who you think you are will be very important.
This game has a tone close to Dr Strangelove, and the No Rolls Barred Communopoly video - it’s not a serious game, but all the characters take themselves very seriously.
This is a game for 12 players, and tickets are $20 / $15 for NZ larps members.