Cornish conspiracy theorist Virgil Ploy is paranoid. He thinks that everyone is out to get him, and that includes his mother and her new husband. He might well be right. But then, living on top of a secret M.O.D. chemical weapons plant can do strange things to you. A bizarre and darkly funny new play about family, madness and secrets.
Cornish conspiracy theorist Virgil Ploy is paranoid. He thinks that everyone is out to get him, and that includes his mother and her new husband. He m...
Taking as its inspiration Thomas' ink-black comic tales, The Dark Philosophers is a funny, violent and passionate depiction of a community teetering on the brink of humanity. Using Told by an Idiot's trademark anarchic physicality and inventive storytelling, this adaptation brings out the bleak, wild humor in tales laced with sex, murder and Thomas' devastating Valleys wit.
Taking as its inspiration Thomas' ink-black comic tales, The Dark Philosophers is a funny, violent and passionate depiction of a community teet...