NEVER TRY THIS AT HOME IS NOW ON TOUR
Written by Carl Grose, Told by an Idiot’s newest show has opened at the Birmingham Rep and will follow with a tour including dates at the Crucible Studio in Sheffield and the Traverse Theatre in Edinburgh, ending at the Soho Theatre 2nd-27th April.
Never Try This At Home re-unites the remaining survivors of fictional TV show ‘Shushi’, a programme so anarchic in its time that adults and children watched in their millions. Until one fatal transmission where a female presenter was pushed over the edge, an obsessive fan resorted to desperate measures, and Phil Collins ate more bacon baps than you can possibly imagine.
Accompanied by a local house-band on stage each night, prepare to watch the action unfold as the spotlight is thrown on the forced smiles and bad dress-sense of 1970s TV. Never Try This At Home is a wildly funny, violent and disturbing exposé of the world of TV and fame and celebrates Told by an Idiot’s twenty-first birthday as one of the UK’s leading and most inventive touring companies.
“The show's mixture of invention and homage, partly improvised around Carl Grose's irreverent script, is frequently delightful in its invitation to regress” (The Guardian)
More information and tickets can be found here.