Accidental Death Of An Anarchist

By Dario Fo and Franca Rame
Newly adapted by Tom Basden
By arrangement with Nick Hern Books

How to make a very real case of police corruption and its tragic consequences into a relentlessly hilarious, high-powered satire? Well Tom Basden (Here We Go, Plebs, The Ballad of Wallis Island) has pulled it off brilliantly!

The death in custody of Giuseppe Pinelli in 1969, originally dramatized by Nobel Prize-winner Dario Fo, is revisited in this bang up-to-date adaptation, staged at the Lyric Hammersmith in 2023.

A manic clown infiltrating police HQ ignites explosive comedy mayhem, shockingly informed by data on the soaring incidence of police corruption. Violence, racism, misogyny, falsifying evidence, inappropriate photos...a death in custody! As the laughter grows, complacency is out of the window!

Content warning: Contains some strong language and adult themes