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Dario Fo at 100: a deliriously funny playwright with a deadly serious purpose

The great Italian entertainer’s plays, such as Accidental Death of an Anarchist, have not lost their power to make audiences roar with laughter while confronting injustice

The Guardian - UK

No Pay? No Way! review – this 50-year-old cost-of-living satire is perfect for today’s Australia

Drama theatre, Sydney Opera HouseSet in the aftermath of a riot in a supermarket over skyrocketing prices, Marieke Hardy’s adaptation of Dario Fo is marvellously funny

The Guardian - AU

London Theatre Week 2023 is extended: our pick of the top 10 shows to book from A Strange Loop to The Effect

With cheap tickets on offer these are our recommendations of shows to check out

Evening Standard

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Brexit is the villain in accidental death of the economy

Like characters in Dario Fo’s farce, we complain about, but tolerate, the most damaging political scandal of our time

The Guardian - UK

The new Accidental Death of an Anarchist is a riot of laughs – but does it make us angry enough?

As accusations of police corruption are once again in the news, Dario Fo and Franca Rame’s Accidental Death of an Anarchist arrives in the West End

The Guardian - UK

Accidental Death of an Anarchist at Theatre Royal Haymarket review: uproarious farce takes aim at the Met

The supporting cast is great but this is Daniel Rigby’s show – he doesn’t just perform the exquisite script, he blows every line up

Evening Standard

Daniel Rigby: ‘Victoria Wood and I would watch MasterChef and heckle Gregg Wallace’

The ‘Flowers’ and ‘Eric and Ernie’ actor tells Ellie Harrison about sending up the police in the revival of ‘Accidental Death of an Anarchist’, his bizarre run-in with the authorities, and his memories of living with the late comedy legend Victoria Wood

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No Pay? No Way! review – a bubblegum drama of despair

Dario Fo and Franca Rama’s bitterly comic 1974 satire is a timely fit for today’s cost of living crisis, here impeded by a cartoonishly bright set

The Guardian - UK

No Pay? No Way! review – rising food prices lead to theft and farce

An updated version of Dario Fo and Franca Rame’s 1974 satire speaks to our times but also suffers from a lack of cohesion

The Guardian - UK

Review: No Pay? No Way! at Royal Exchange Theatre - belly laughs in the dark and an important question

This brilliantly funny adaptation is skilfully realised, but the real issues are deadly serious, says Rob Williams.

Manchester Evening News

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