Accidental Death of an Anarchist
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  • by Dario Fo

  • Suitable For: YR 7-12

    JUNIOR/SENIOR ENGLISH & DRAMA

  • Subjects: Physical Comedy | First Nations Perspectives | Transform
  • Duration: 45min approx
  • Price: $9.90 per student inc GST (minimum 130 student charge applies)

About This Show:

A man has fallen to his death from a police station window. Did he jump or was he pushed?
The police want a cover up, but first they have to contend with an unlikely madman with a knack for impersonation.

Accidental death of an Anarchist is one of the great comedies of the 20th Century. It was so good that Dario Fo and his actors were harassed and imprisoned by the Italian police.

Starring Benjin Maza (Othello, Karul Projects) Jason Klarwein (Elvis, Summer Love) and Ellen Tuffley (Othello, The Last 5 Years) this reimagining explores Queensland’s very own relationship with authority by drawing on the traditions of comedia, clowning and physical comedy.

This glorious battle set in the dark days of the corrupt Bjelke-Peterson era pits one blackfella against the whole Queensland police force. A 1980’s political comedy full of fluro and fury.

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