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• Accidental Death of an Anarchist

  • Start
    25/03/2025
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  • End
    29/03/2025
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  • Schedule
    6 sessions
  • Location
    Putney Arts Theatre

  by Dario Fo & Franca Rame
  

  a new adaptation by Tom Basden 
  
  

  
  

  Directed by 

  Barney Hart Dyke & Owen T James

  
  

  Production dates:

  25-29 March 2025, 7.45pm

  Matinee, 29 March, 3pm

  
  

  An irrepressible fraudster known only as the Maniac is brought into Police Headquarters just as the officers are preparing for a judicial review of the 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.

  This classic farce by Dario Fo and Franca Rame has been given an up to the minute reincarnation from award-winning writer Tom Basden. Eviscerating everyone from the Metropolitan Police to the metropolitan elite, this is a show that will leave audiences breathless! 

  Press quotes:
  ‘Wickedly funny… nothing less than brilliant… the audience is constantly in stitches… much cheaper than a therapy session and vastly more entertaining’
  Time Out

  ‘Pretty special… Basden’s script is packed with contemporary references, but among the comic zingers are weightier concerns about undercover police work and corruption…. It’s brilliantly executed… unforgettable’
  The Stage

  ‘Uproarious… a bomb-blast comedy… an institutionally funny play’
  Evening Standard

  
  

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• Blithe Spirit

  • Start
    29/04/2025
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  • End
    03/05/2025
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  • Schedule
    6 sessions
  • Location
    Putney Arts Theatre

  by Noël Coward 

  Directed by Tom Sainsbury

  Production dates

  29 April - 3 May 2025, 7.45pm

  Matinée, 3 May, 3pm

  This Noël Coward comedy classic tells the story of suave novelist Charles Condomine and his second wife, Ruth. They invite local medium, Madam Arcati, to conduct a séance to inspire him for his next novel. The evening doesn't go as planned, and the sceptical Charles is reunited with the ghost of his first wife, Elvira. Only he can see Elvira and she doesn't take kindly to Ruth having usurped her. Attempts by Madame Arcati fail to return her to the “other world”, and Elvira’s spirit transforms the lives of Charles and Ruth forever. 

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