Mistero Buffo at Pleasance Theatre London

Rhum + Clay present Dario Fo’s devilishly funny masterpiece, Mistero Buffo, a darkly comic look at the absurdities and inequalities of everyday life, as seen through the eyes and tales of a travelling storyteller.

Banned as blasphemous for many years, but ever more relevant now, Mistero Buffo takes an unflinching and hilarious aim at those who manipulate truth, faith and belief for power and control. With culture wars driving division and vast economic inequalities only widening, can laughter (and a little righteous anger) help unite us?

A tour-de-force turn that won Julian Spooner the Stage’s Award for Best Performance & directed by Nicholas Pitt, their adaptation of this modern classic is an extraordinary, virtuosic romp through a hundred characters and locations in the company of one man. Our 21st century travelling storyteller, yet another employee of the gig economy, rushes from his last job of the day to deliver a subversive, gleeful rallying cry for the disillusioned and disenfranchised…