Season:16-25 July

by Dario Fo and Franca Rame, adapted by Tom Basden

Tom Basden’s dazzlingly funny script is a recent adaptation of a classic 1970’s Italian farce.

Dario Fo and Franca Rame wrote the original in response to the death of Guiseppe Pinelli, a Milanese railway worker, who was falsely accused of a series of railway-station bombings and mysteriously fell out of a fourth-floor window at police HQ.

When Fo was awarded the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy praised him as a writer "who emulates the jesters of the Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the downtrodden".

Basden’s adaptation, which places the action in a contemporary London police station, continues in the Fo tradition of providing the audience with uproarious entertainment whilst also drawing our attention to the absurdities of people in authority who have limited training and understanding of what their job entails.

Accidental Death of an Anarchist guarantees you a hilarious night out – with a soupçon of recognition of the way the world of authority can so often be.

Directors: Joy Hellyer and Paul Kay

Cast: Chris O'Grady, Corrina Gordon, Gino Moretto, James Kiesel, Kevin Hastings, Sadie McLoughlin

Venue: Cochran Hall, 106 Cashmere Ave

Performances

• 7:30 pm on Thursday, 16 July

• 7:30 pm on Friday, 17 July

• 7:30 pm on Saturday 18 July

• 3:30 pm on Sunday 19 July

• 7:30 pm on Thursday, 23 July

• 7:30 pm on Friday, 24 July

• 7:30 pm on Saturday 25 July

How to book

When you click on Book Now, you’ll go directly to our listing on the Humanitix website.

When you have booked, Humanitix will email your ticket/s to you. Keep these for reference but you don’t need to print them and they are not needed at the venue, because we will tick you off on our list of attendees when you arrive.

Ticket prices

$25 waged

$20 unwaged

Booking fee per ticket: 3% of the ticket price + $0.30 +GST

Block bookings

Humanitix offers a 10% discount on block bookings costing $200 or more. (That is, 10 unwaged tickets or 8 waged tickets).

If you are making a block booking, book early to be sure that seats are available.

Door sales

If a performance is not sold out through pre-bookings, door sales are available from 20 minutes before a performance starts.

EFTPOS or cash?

EFTPOS purchases (tickets or refreshments) at the venue are possible but, because internet service is somewhat unreliable in our Cashmere Avenue dead spot, you may find it less frustrating if you bring cash.

Mobility access

There is parking for people with limited mobility on the hall forecourt. The entrance is between the hall and the pedestrian crossing. Access to the hall from the forecourt includes a ramp.

Refreshments

We have wine, low-alcohol beer, soda, orange juice, snacks and lollies for sale at the theatre from half an hour before the performance begins and during the interval. On opening night, we offer a free glass of wine/juice and nibbles.

Further questions

If you have a question not answered here or on our Humanitix listing, email us on katbookings@gmail.com.