Venus & Adonis
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Following the success of *Cabaret Siberia*, Agnes Laura Kumpina is back with her second show!
When the goddess Venus descends to the messy earth, she has eyes only for him: Adonis. She should be able to have that one, right? After all, Venus is the perfect woman: she's smart, powerful, developed. Hello, she is a goddess; there is literally nothing more she can do to become more lovable. But why then does this ambitiously ambitious Adonis have so little interest in her love?
As early as 1593, Shakespeare wrote so poignantly about something that still…
Following the success of *Cabaret Siberia*, Agnes Laura Kumpina is back with her second show!
When the goddess Venus descends to the messy earth, she has eyes only for him: Adonis. She should be able to have that one, right? After all, Venus is the perfect woman: she's smart, powerful, developed. Hello, she is a goddess; there is literally nothing more she can do to become more lovable. But why then does this ambitiously ambitious Adonis have so little interest in her love?
Shakespeare wrote so astutely in 1593 about something still painfully familiar to us. Venus & Adonis is not a romantic love story, but an accurate dissection of everything we mistake for love: desire, possessiveness, jealousy, pride, rejection.... We see the all-too-familiar clash between someone who is hell-bent on love. And one who shuts down. Will Venus learn that what she seeks is not really love at all?
When
- Thursday, December 10, 2026 8 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Buy tickets