Coulsdon might not be the first place you’d think of for an outbreak of 1970s agitprop, but thanks to the always excellent Theatre Workshop Coulsdon, that’s exactly what’s coming to town next month.
The Dario Fo farce Accidental Death of an Anarchist is TWC’s next stage production, coming to the Coulsdon Community Centre from April 5 to 12.
Written in 1970, the play satirises the antics of the Milan police in the aftermath of a terrorist bombing.
They “fitted up” an innocent man with the “right” political leanings, who then “accidentally” fell from the fourth-floor window of the police station. As you do.
The debut run of the show was interrupted by an irate Milanese police force who arrested the cast and director on trumped up charges (oh, how that term has grown), only to have to release them later (without anyone nose-diving the pavement).
The dark, new version being performed by Theatre Workshop Coulsdon is updated to the present day, and transplants it to an un-named central London nick (Holborn), where the same set of circumstances play out, but against a background of the Met’s greatest (recent) screw-ups, such as Sarah Everard, de Menezes, the social media photos of Henry and Smallman’s bodies. There’s plenty to choose from.
This latest adaptation by Tom Basden is described as “ruthless, relevant and riotous” and brings the play up to date with a bang!
It’s a fast-paced farce where the object is definitely humour, but where the audience is sure to leave at the end of the evening wondering, “Why am I laughing?”
- Tickets are on sale now – £12 or £9 concessions. Click here to book your preferred dates and find out more about Accidental Death of an Anarchist and the Theatre Workshop Coulsdon
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