This play won best comedy at 2009 Tony Awards and 2009 Laurence Olivier Awards.
After the event of school yard bullying, four parents differing views may have just created cause for another round; adults edition.
God of Carnage is a one act black comedy play that centres on the meeting of two sets of parents due to an unfortunate school yard incident.
Eleven year old Henry refuses to let classmate Benjamin join his gang. Not taking this dismissal lightly, Benjamin arms himself with a stick and knocks out Henry’s two front teeth.
The play begins with Michael and Veronica, parents of young Henry, inviting Alan and Annette, parents of Benjamin, to their home to discuss the horrifying event that occurred on the playground that morning.
With polite niceties wearing thin, the audience watches four very different people try to resolve this matter, convincing each other that it was not the fault of their own son, rather that of the other. With accusations being hurled around the room, the argument heats up even further when evaluating matters of racism, sexism and homophobia. By evening's end, the gloves are well and truly off, with the adults behaving in a manner that is eerily similar to that which occurred on the playground.
