The Book of Loco single work   drama  
Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 The Book of Loco
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''The Book of Loco' is a revealing, hilarious and destabilising theatrical experience. Alirio Zavarce writes and stars in a semi-autobiographic demonstration of his ‘Theory of Rational Madness’. Interweaving tales of his personal journeys – both geographical and emotional – Zavarce will leave you lucidly confused and highly amused. With the audience’s willing participation, he gives credence to the paradox that sometimes you have to be mad to stay sane.

Winner of the Best Theatre Production award at the 2013 Adelaide Fringe Festival, 'The Book of Loco' bravely and publicly - re-enacts one man’s duel with his own sanity.' (Source: Malthouse website)

Production Details

  • First performed at the 2013 Adelaide Fringe Festival.


    Performed at the Malthouse Theatre, Beckett Theatre, 17 July - 2 August 2014

    Director: Sasha Zahra.

    Set & Costume Designer: Jonathon Oxlade.

    Lighting Designer: David Gadsden.

    Projection: Chris More.

    Sound Designer: Duncan Campbell.

    Producers: Janine Peacock and Loose Canon Art Services.

    Cast: Alirio Zavarce.


    Performed at Space Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre : 14 - 22 August 2014.

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Works about this Work

A Personal and Global Descent into Madness Patrick McDonald , 2015 single work
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 10 August 2015; (p. 28)
Making Sense of a Mad World 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 9 August 2015; (p. 74)
Beautiful Madness David Knight , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , August no. 426 2015; (p. 30-31)

— Review of The Book of Loco Alirio Zavarce , 2014 single work drama
Bleakness Veiled in Whimsy Rebecca Harkins-Cross , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 22 July 2014; (p. 33)

— Review of The Book of Loco Alirio Zavarce , 2014 single work drama
Bleakness Veiled in Whimsy Rebecca Harkins-Cross , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 22 July 2014; (p. 33)

— Review of The Book of Loco Alirio Zavarce , 2014 single work drama
Beautiful Madness David Knight , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , August no. 426 2015; (p. 30-31)

— Review of The Book of Loco Alirio Zavarce , 2014 single work drama
Making Sense of a Mad World 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 9 August 2015; (p. 74)
A Personal and Global Descent into Madness Patrick McDonald , 2015 single work
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 10 August 2015; (p. 28)
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