Rhum+Clay

Project Dictator

(or ' Why Democracy is Overrated and I Don't Miss It At All')

★★★★★
“…surprising, disturbing, and, at its conclusion, desperately moving…”

WHATSONSTAGE

★★★★★
“…an urgent cry against apathy”

BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE

★★★★
“…stingingly relevant”

THE STAGE

★★★★
“… jaw-droppingly executed…”

BROADWAY WORLD

★★★★
“...pitch-perfect tone.."

THE SCOTSMAN


FOR TOUR BOOKING ENQUIRIES, PLEASE EMAIL [email protected]

Rhum+Clay

Commissioned for New Diorama Theatre's  10th Anniversary Season. Touring from 2023.

Their choice? To die on stage - or off it. Hahaha.

It's the clown show about totalitarianism.

We are back in a critically-acclaimed, beautiful and bonkers world premiere, informed and inspired by conversations with international artists living under authoritarian regimes. 

Commissioned by New Diorama Theatre.

Supported using public funding by Arts Council England.

★★★★★
“…surprising, disturbing, and, at its conclusion, desperately moving…”

WHATSONSTAGE

★★★★★
“…an urgent cry against apathy”

BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE

★★★★
“…stingingly relevant”

THE STAGE

★★★★
“… jaw-droppingly executed…”

BROADWAY WORLD

★★★★
“...pitch-perfect tone.."

THE SCOTSMAN


FOR TOUR BOOKING ENQUIRIES, PLEASE EMAIL [email protected]

Cast & Creatives

Created by Rhum + Clay

Co-Directors & Performers Julian Spooner & Matt Wells
Composer & Musician Khaled Kurbeh
Co-Director Hamish Macdougall 
Set & Costume Designer Blythe Brett
Lighting Designer Simeon Miller
Associate Director Mine Cerci
Production Manager & Technical Stage Manager Adam Jefferys
Sound Engineer Ben Grant
Assistant Director Sam Critchlow
Producer Grace Dickson

 

 

“This is shape-shifting, thought-provoking theatre that interrogates the world we live in, how artists fit into that, and what price we pay for choosing the easier options.”

***** WhatsOnStage

 

Project Dictator

"A devised performance that is as hilarious as it is heart-breaking, as deeply intimate as it is universal. Project Dictator is a breakneck guide to totalitarianism, taking in tin-pot military coups, the vapid platitudes of the modern electoral campaign, the rise of populism and the debasement of the human spirit—it is also very funny!"

***** Britsh Theatre Guide

Project Dictator