A funny, fragile and profound fable based on ground-breaking medical research and real-life war testimonies.
(Please note that this trailer contains strong language)
Ex-soldier and budding rock star Zach has withdrawn into a cardboard box in a kitchen in West Wales. His friend Ieuan arrives offering recovery – in the form of a capsule containing 3,4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine, with which he claims to have successfully treated his own post-traumatic stress.
Parachuted into their recently fractured pasts, Zach and Ieuan swing between dreamboat heroism and woozy enlightenment, via a head-warping exchange on patriotism, conflict and supermarket shopping that will tickle, move and appal you in equal measure.
Find out about the other shows in the Ridiculusmus Trilogy, part of Mayfest 2018.
- RUNNING TIME1hr
- TICKETSFull £15 / Concession £11
- VENUEFactory Theatre
13+ (includes themes of mental illness and contains strong language)
Wed 16 and Thu 17 May 8pm
Fri 18 May 6.30pm
Sat 19 May 12noon
Trilogy Special Offer – See all three shows in the Ridiculusmus Trilogy on Sat 19 May for Full £30 / Concession £21 (Give Me Your Love 12noon / Eradication 3pm (NB – at The Southville Centre) / Complicated Grief 8pm). Only available over the phone or in person at the Tobacco Factory Theatres Box Office. Book in advance, limited availability.
PANEL DISCUSSION
Sat 19 May 5.30pm-7pm, Tobacco Factory Theatres
Stresses distresses and disorders – A panel talk reflecting on the provocations of Ridiculusmus’s three plays on contemporary mental health issues and approaches, with representatives from the health and pharmaceutical sector.
