Project Dictator
Or Why Democracy is Overrated and I Don't Miss It At AllTheir choice? To die onstage – or off it.
Beautiful and bonkers – it’s the clown show about totalitarianism we never knew we needed.
Informed and inspired by conversations with international artists living under authoritarian regimes.
Rhum + Clay return after 2019’s smash hit The War of the Worlds and 2018’s The Stage Award-winning Mistero Buffo.
Vivid, athletic and sensational…desperately moving
WhatsOnStage
A devised performance that is as hilarious as it is heart-breaking, as deeply intimate as it is universal
Powerfully resonant political comedy... deceptively playful.
The Stage
Vivid, athletic and sensational... surprising, disturbing, and, at its conclusion, desperately moving. Essential.
WhatsOnStage
Frenetic two-man comedy... searingly topical.
The Upcoming
Blistering, beautiful and urgent.
The Indiependent
Project Dictator is an urgent cry against apathy
Powerfully resonant political comedy... deceptively playful.
The Stage
Unique, intelligent... curveball after curveball.
Broadway World
A masterclass... hilarious
Everything Theatre
Entrancing... brilliantly performed
North West End
Clowning, Comedy & Censorship
Join us on Thu 2 Nov to catch the post-show Q&A on the theme of Clowning, Comedy & Censorship. The discussion will be chaired by Julian Spooner, Co-Artistic Director of Rhum + Clay & Co-Director of Project Dictator. He will be joined by two panelists:
Ruby Pugh: Designer, Maker & Activist working across theatre, film, festivals, events, street art & protests.
Dr Jan Wozniak: Senior Lecturer in the Department of Theatre at the University of Bristol.
😍 STUDIO MULTI-BUY OFFER
*This offer is applicable on standard tickets only in a single transaction across 3 or more, or 5 or more, of the following shows: Tenants, Bitter Lemons, Bacon, cheeky little brown, Project Dictator, The Colour of Dinosaurs, Dugsi Dayz, Help! I Think I'm a Nationalist, and Four Seasons. Subject to change.
Photos by CESARE DE GIGLIO
