Sometimes the most profound truths about our present moment come disguised as yesterday's absurdities. Delirium is Igor Golyak's timely adaptation of one of Eugène Ionesco's least performed plays, Frenzy for Two, or More (Délire à deux). Written in 1963, Igor's direction unlocks this play's heartbeat for our moment, our world, our collective delirium. While the world outside collapses, a couple are locked in a petty argument about animals that carry their homes on their back. Displacement, alienation, love and survival (the themes that preoccupy Arlekin) are there, enacted by two souls who carry within their bodies the entire archaeology of a vanished world: Andrey Burkovskiy and Chulpan Khamatova.

The world premiere opens at the Virginia Wimberly Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion, in June 2026 and extends by demand to July 2. The Boston Theater Critics Association names it a Critics' Pick. The Boston Globe calls it "genius"; WBUR, "innovative, boundary-pushing"; Theater Mirror, "riotous, rampantly imaginative."

Delirium is now in New York: The Space at Irondale, Fort Greene, Brooklyn, September 8 to November 7, 2026, produced by Craig Balsam, Patrick Catullo and Thomas M. Neff. In English | 1 hour 20 minutes, no intermission. Press Release

Delirium (Boston, 2026) is supported by the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism through a Massachusetts Live Theater Tax Credit Program Award.