Adapted by Tom Basden from the play by​ Dario Fo and Franca Rame

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 A 1970’s Italian farce that sent shockwaves across Europe, Dario Fo’s Accidental Death of an Anarchist is political theatre at its most cutting and hilarious.

 An irrepressible fraudster known only as the Maniac is brought into Police headquarters just as the officers are preparing for a judicial review of recent ‘accidental’ death of a suspect in custody. 

 Outwitting his captors, the Maniac dupes them into performing a farcical recreation of the incident, exposing the absurd corruption and terrifying idiocy at the heart of the system. 

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To be performed 14th - 17th May

 

🎬 Directed by Tim Telford

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