ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST

ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST

By Dario Fo and Franca Rame Adapted by Tom Basden

The Nonentities – Main House (A)

Our season continues apace with a modern adaptation of a classic biting farce.

 An impressive fraudster known only as the Maniac is bought 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 re-creation of the incident, exposing the absurd corruption and terrifying idiocy at the heart of the system.

The original play premiered in 1970 and is based on the 1969 Piazza Fontana bombing and on the death of Guiseppe Pinelli, an Italian anarchist, during a police interrogation. This adaptation premiered at the Crucible theatre, Sheffield in 2022 before transferring to the West End in June 2023 and has been described as “A dazzling feat of wit, winking word-play and political provocation.” Tom Basden relocated the play to London and it is set in 2023 exploring themes including mental illness, suicide and police corruption and violence.

WARNING: This play contains some adult language

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