Theatre Royal Haymarket
Haymarket, London, SW1Y 4HT
Venue informationReceived a nomination for Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play at the Olivier Awards 2024
ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF AN ANARCHIST is playing at London’s Theatre Royal Haymarket this Summer!
Following sold out runs at Sheffield Theatres and the Lyric Hammersmith, this classic farce by Dario Fo and Franca Rame storms the West End in a bang up to the minute version from award-winning writer Tom Basden and director Daniel Raggett.
Skewering everyone from the Metropolitan Police to the metropolitan elite, and with a tour de force central performance from BAFTA Award winner Daniel Rigby, this is a show that will leave the West End breathless.
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What is Accidental Death of an Anarchist about?
An Anarchist has fallen to his death from a police station window. But did he jump or was he thrown?
As the police prepare for an inquiry into the incident, an unhinged showman known only as the Maniac is arrested and brought into the station. Seizing the opportunity to put on a show, he leads the police in an absurd recreation of their version of events, exposing the cover-ups, corruption and profound idiocy of an institution in free-fall.
Ticket Information
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Running Time
2 hours
Cast & Creatives
Daniel Rigby (the Maniac)
Dario Fo (Writer), Tom Basden (Adaptation)
Age Guidance: 14+
Content warning: This performance features smoke, haze, strobe lighting, flash/blinder lights and loud music. It also contains strong language and references to mental illness, misogyny, suicide and references to police violence – including of some recent high profile cases of police abuse.
Reviews
Daily Mail
'Thrilling entertainment'
Metro
'An unmissable police satire. The evening soars on quicksilver satire'
The Stage
'Shockingly funny. A breathlessly rapid-fire script'
Broadway World
'If you see one play in the West End this summer, make it this one.'