The Assassination of Katie Hopkins
20 April - 12 May 2018
A New Musical.
World Première.
A shocking crime divides the nation. Fingers are pointed, sides are drawn, facts are hard to come by. Why did this happen? How do we move on? What must we remember?
It’s easy to have an opinion online, safe behind the anonymity of a keyboard, just like, share and subscribe. But as the digital mob polish their pitchforks, the world starts to question just how free should free speech be?
See this if you enjoy: Jerry Springer The Opera, Black Mirror, London Road and satire.
A smart, witty new musical by Chris Bush and Matt Winkworth about truth, celebrity and public outrage.
“A new musical about the ‘death’ of Katie Hopkins isn’t what you would expect — and not because of the singing emojis!” – Creators Chris Bush & Matt Winkworth discuss the show with David Aaronovitch from The Times.
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“…this is what the show’s about. This bizarre point that we’ve reached in society where the only way people feel comfortable being oppositional is to take the absolute extreme oppositional view… we seem to be shouting ever louder at each other across an ever widening void.” – Director James Grieve discusses the show with Ian Youngs for the BBC.
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Directed by James Grieve | A Theatr Clwyd production
Click here to read James Grieve’s Rehearsal Blog.