The Assassination of Katie Hopkins

Cast: 4f 4m, doubling (46+ characters)

Amateur rights performance fee: £130 per performance (plus VAT where applicable)

Paperback, 128 pages ISBN: 9781848427600Publication Date:
3 May 2018
Size: 198mm x 129mm£9.99 £7.99You save £2.00 (20%)
Ebook, 128 pages ISBN: 9781788500418Publication Date:
3 May 2018
£9.99 £7.99You save £2.00 (20%)
First Staged:
Theatr Clywd, 2018

The Assassination of Katie Hopkins

By Chris Bush and Matt Winkworth

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  • Best Musical Production, UK Theatre Awards - 2018

A shocking crime divides the nation. Fingers are pointed, sides are drawn, facts are hard to come by. Why did this happen? How do we move on? What must we remember?

It's easy to have an opinion online, safe behind the anonymity of a keyboard, just like, share and subscribe. But as the digital mob polish their pitchforks, the world starts to question just how free should free speech be?

A smart, satirical musical by Chris Bush and Matt Winkworth about truth, celebrity and public outrage, The Assassination of Katie Hopkins premiered at Theatr Clwyd, Mold, in April 2018, directed by James Grieve. It went on to win Best Musical Production at the 2018 UK Theatre Awards.

Press Quotes

'Darkly funny… it is that rarest of things, a media satire with something new to say'

The Times

'Brilliantly written… holds a mirror to modern society that some may find discomforting at best'

British Theatre Guide

'An ambitious, idea-filled musical about public outrage and the shifting role social media plays in society... a kind of Twitter-literate London Road... Bush and Winkworth are exciting voices in musical theatre who can use the form to spark debate'

The Stage

'Chris Bush's self-referential, satirical musical explores the sensationalism of our news cycle'

Independent

'Dares the audience to think twice about their own moral judgements and consider opposing views'

WhatsOnStage

'An intelligent, thoughtful and wryly enjoyable look at the polarisation of public debate in the age of social media'

Guardian

Cast: 4f 4m, doubling (46+ characters)

Amateur rights performance fee: £130 per performance (plus VAT where applicable)

Paperback,128 pages ISBN: 9781848427600Publication Date:
3 May 2018
Size: 198mm x 129mm£9.99 £7.99You save £2.00 (20%)
Ebook,128 pages ISBN: 9781788500418Publication Date:
3 May 2018
£9.99 £7.99You save £2.00 (20%)

Also by Chris Bush:

The Changing Room
The Last Noël
Faustus: That Damned Woman
(Not) the End of the World
A Dream
Hungry
Nine Lessons and Carols
Robin Hood and the Christmas Heist
Steel
Rock
A Doll's House
Chris Bush Plays: One
Rock / Paper / Scissors
Scissors
Jane Eyre
Otherland
Paper
Standing at the Sky's Edge
Standing at the Sky's Edge

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Also by Matt Winkworth:

Robin Hood and the Christmas Heist

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