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Previous Work
Previous Performances
12th November 2017
8th March 2018
22nd-23rd May 2018
13th-17th February 2019
New Diorama Theatre
Camden People's Theatre as part of Sprint Festival
Marlborough Theatre, Brighton (as part of Brighton Fringe)
Vault Festival 2019
Synopsis
WANTED: Discerning individuals with excellent moral compasses.
Do you know right from wrong? Good from bad? Well, of course you do. Look at you! You recycle. You’ve got a great taste in music. You go on protest marches. You work hard, and play harder. You certainly aren’t a racist. And you’re exactly the kind of audience member we’re looking for.
You are invited to the ultimate test of brains, brawn, and brilliance. Over a series of rounds developed by Accredited Gameshow Experts, our three contestants will battle it out to win the title of “Most Admirable Person”. Their friends and families certainly think they’re admirable. The real question is, DO YOU?
Join our wonderful studio audience to cheer, clap, and drag your favourite competitor over the finish line. There’s everything to play for… and everything to lose.
Dirty Rascals are delighted to bring you a magical evening of fun, games, and life-altering ethical perplexities. This is gameshow entertainment as you’ve never seen it before.
Artists
R&D and Production:
Pavlos Christodoulou
David Denyer
Hannah Donelon
Howard Horner
Tom Macqueen
Emily Prudence
Louise Wilcox
Creative Team
Director - Pavlos Christodoulou
Producer (2017/18) - Jeremy Wong
Designer - Khadija Raza
Lighting Designer - Lucy Adams
Assistant Producer - Caspar Cech-Lucas
Dramaturg - Katharina Rodda
PRESS AND REVIEWS
One of The Stage's Top 10 Theatre Shows To See at Brighton Fringe 2018
★★★★ "Gameshow comedy that cleverly dissects public shaming in the internet age… its slick delivery and conciseness of idea is more than highly admirable" - The Stage
★★★★ "A multi-layered, intelligently devised study of human nature… It’ll undoubtedly stick with me for a long time to come" - Spy In The Stalls
★★★★ "Overall, it's a multi-layered, clever piece about what we as society are completely breaking people down, for them to think they might get something out of it. I want to see more theatre like this... Voicemag
Turbulence
Previous Performances:Rosemary Branch Theatre
4th September 2017 - "CATASTROPHE"
2nd October 2017 - "STRANGERS"
6th November 2017 - "SPECTRUM"
4th December 2017 - "NAUGHTY OR NICE"
5th February 2018 - "QUEUE GARDENS"
5th March 2018 - "IT WASN'T LIKE THAT"
2nd April 2018 - "CRIMSON WAVE"
7th May 2018 - "JUDGE, JURY AND..."
4th June 2018 - "ATHENS VS MELOS"
3rd July 2018 - "10-MONTHIVERSARY"
7th August 2018 - "CRIMSON WAVE 2"
4th September 2018 - "ALIEN INITIATION"
2nd October 2018 - "It was the second time Dad made your cheesecake that my heard sheared in two"
5th November 2018 - "BARE FOOD"
VENUE: Rosemary Branch Theatre, 2 Shepperton Rd, London N1 3DT
Synopsis
A first-class evening of whimsical games, interactive performance and urgent conversation.
Join Dirty Rascals for the experience that places you in the cockpit. There are no right answers and this is not a test.
Every month, we will test a different theme or idea. We can’t promise that the ride will always be easy or comfortable, but it will be honest, it will be bold and it will be without judgement. Each evening will end with time for free and open discussion.
Passengers, please fasten your seat-belts.
Turbulence is a “pay-what-you-can” evening.
Creative Team
Pavlos Christodoulou- Facilitator and Producer
Various Artists
It was the second time Dad made your cheesecake that my heart sheared in two
Synopsis
There were whole weekends spent watching you play Playstation. There were trips to Molineux and back.
Time is precious – you must call your parents. But who do you really wanna talk to? And what will you say?
But all you can say is “Hey Google, what do you want to do today?”
So you put your own mask on before helping others.
And over your shoulder, always, there’s Exodus 10:15
Part interactive theatre, part audio-visual tour of a childhood, all catharsis.
Three texts from my best friend after the show:
My heart
It was a strange honour to see it
Thanks for making it
Created by Associate Artist Daniel Spicer
Previous Performances
2nd October 2018
6th March 2019
Rosemary Branch Theatre as part of Dirty Rascals monthly Turbulence night
Camden People's Theatre as part of Sprint Festival
Previous Performances
5th,7th, 20th May
The Arches as part of the Wandsworth Arts Fringe
Synopsis
Six performers stand on stage. They are trying to tell you the story of Kafka’s A Hunger Artist. But they can't do it. At least, not properly.
Something is missing in their re-telling but it's also not clear what that thing is. In their attempts to make sense of who the Hunger Artist was, they offer something of themselves – an honest and naked expression of their own anxieties, fears and internal conflicts. They can't do it alone either - they're going to need help from their adoring audience...
The Hunger Artist was a work-in-progress project that developed into I Want You to Admire Me/But You Shouldn't.
Artists
R&D and Production:
Pavlos Christodoulou
David Denyer
Hannah Donelon
Howard Horner
Tom Macqueen
Emily Prudence
Charles Sandford
Creative Team
Director - Pavlos Christodoulou
Producer - Jeremy Wong
Assistant Producer - Caspar Cech-Lucas
Previous Performances
18th-19th May 2016
21st-23rd August 2016
The Cat's Back as part of the Wandsworth Arts Fringe
The Lion and the Unicorn, Camden Fringe
Synopsis
'Too many greeblies in the pool today. I just wanted some quiet y'know, and peace, some good old quiet and peace. Not my lucky day though is it? Greeblies everywhere.'
Spawny John, an army veteran, and Duck, an inflatable duck, sit halfway down a Butlins water slide. But they're not the only ones looking to do a spot of sliding today. Thlides is a surreal dark comedy addressing the finer points of death, loneliness, and soup.
Actors
Spawny John - Lydia Lakemoore
Duck - Rosie Grundy-Orchison
Boy/Sherpa/Spawny John 2 - Ashley Winter
Boy/Frog/Dragon - Grace Felton
Cassie - Louise Wilcox
Creative Team
Written by- Danny Cooke and Daniel Spicer
Director - Pavlos Christodoulou
Producer - Jeremy Wong
Assistant Director- Laurence Young
Designer - Caitlin Abbot
Sound Designer - David Denyer
Technical Supervisor - Andrew Hulse
PRESS AND REVIEWS
★★★★★ "One of the most bizarre pieces of theatre I’ve come across, it is also one of the most lovable. Thlides has a distinct sense of humour that is never in bad taste" - LondonTheatre1
★★★★ "Touching, funny and unapologetically absurd" - Everything Theatre
"It’s a show with true heart. Dirty Rascals know how to make unique theatre, and are definitely a company to keep an eye on." - A Younger Theatre
"It’s amuthing, bonkerth and really rather thurreal" - London Pub Theatres
Previous Performances
The Miller, London Bridge
11th-13th January 2016
Synopsis
A thoroughly human play about loneliness and desire, Dirty Rascals' debut production Of Nymphs and Men tells of story of two people struggling to fit their ideas of the "perfect" life with the reality of living.
Alex used to be a dreamer, but her heart's just been broken and the cracks are running a bit too deep. Andrew used to be a dreamer too, but reality hits back hard and he's tired of rolling with the punches. When you can't fight, what's left but to run?
In a remote wood, two very different paths cross for the first time. As Andrew and Alex help each other to pick up the pieces, they discover a hunger for lives they've never led. Slowly, the morning mist rolls in and myths begin to take root in the forest glade...
Artists
Grace Cheatle- Alex
Adam Wooley- Andrew
Devised by artists
Creative Team
Director - Pavlos Christodoulou
Producer - Jeremy Wong
PRESS AND REVIEWS
"A high calibre of story-telling and vast potential" - A Younger Theatre
★★★★ "A powerful piece... To see a form of daring and intriguing theatre not often accomplished onstage is certainly a refreshing experience" - Theatre Bubble
★★★★ "A journey that never ceases to be intriguing. A reflective piece of theatre, it’s all highly believable" - LondonTheatre1
★★★★ "Haunting and intense... The performers are exceptional" - RemoteGoat