Rodney Black: Who Cares? It’s Working at Arcola Theatre

In the comedy world, where controversy is king, when does the joke stop being funny?

A controversial comedian. A money hungry manager. A dirty, dangerous climb-to-the-top. 

But when a joke is mistaken for a call-to-arms, a fan commits a violent crime, and Rodney’s head lands on the chopping block...

Tackling cancel culture, misogyny and freedom of speech in an age of outrage:

This is not a comedy, it’s an interrogation of it.

Multi-award winning new writing, Rodney Black: Who Cares? It’s Working is in the midst of its rampant festival run winning: BEST WRITING @ Bitesize Festival 2025, Alpine Fellowship Playwriting Prize 2024 & sitting pretty on the Ilfeld Prize Longlist. Now, shortlisted for the prestigious Popcorn Writing Award 2025, and currently at Gilded Balloon for the Edinburgh Fringe…Next stop, Arcola Theatre - 3rd, 4th & 5th September - 7pm - Studio 2.

Following 5* sold-out debut last year with dark comedy To Watch a Man Eat, don’t miss out on hot new talent Sadie Pearson with Full Frontal Theatre - ‘a sultry, raunchy, nail-bitingly agitated womxn-led powerhouse’ (Fetch). A razor-sharp interrogation into the winking-game that is so much of ‘controversial comedy’ today, this is a powerful drama which is unafraid to wrestle with the difficult stuff.