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Theatre Smash presents the North American premiere of Das Ding (The Thing)

Theatre Smash presents the North American premiere of Das Ding (The Thing) Dates: April 22, 2016 Event Time(s): 8:00 PM to : Previews April 12 and 13. Opening Night on Thursday, April 14, 2016 at 8 pm. Website: https://www.canadianstage.com/online/thing Email: info@theatresmash.com Costs: $30 - $39 Theatre Smash, in partnership with Canadian Stage and in association with the Thousand Islands Playhouse, is thrilled to present the North American premiere of DAS DING (THE THING) by Philipp Löhle. Philipp Löhle's highly ambitious social comedy Das Ding spans an interconnected world that binds the fates of the African Siwa, Chinese business people, Romanian pig-breeders and two young newlyweds, Katrin and Thomas. As a global crisis attaches itself to the smallest marital problems on a deeply personal level, all are forced to consider whether such a thing as coincidence can exist in a globalized world. Meanwhile, the eponymous 'thing'- a cotton fibre in its apparently endless iterations- looks on humanity, amazed. . Event Details. Location: 26 Berkeley Street, Toronto