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Q+A with Zoë Hurwitz
Post-show Q&A with designer Zoë Hurwitz, following the performance of They Don’t Pay? We Won’t Pay!
Workshop and stage tour
A chance to see how the design process comes to life behind the scenes where the technical team build and create the show. Free but bookings are essential as places are limited.
Press night - They Don’t Pay? We Won’t Pay!
By Dario Fo and Franca Rame
Adapted by Deborah McAndrew
The cost of living is out of control – and so is Anthea. Sick of scrimping and scraping to pay her energy bills, she starts a riot in the local supermarket resulting in a group of raging housewives looting the building.
Now, with a pile of freshly “liberated” groceries, Anthea and her best friend Maggie embark on a ludicrous, laugh-a-minute adventure, trying to keep their law-abiding husbands in the dark whilst staying two steps ahead of the crime squad.
They Don’t Pay? We Won’t Pay! is the work of Dario Fo, Nobel Laureate and the master of farce. Deborah McAndrew’s whip-smart adaptation mixes political satire, hilarious plot twists and wise-cracking dialogue to create a thrilling play about the lengths people will go to when they’re desperate.
They Don’t Pay? We Won’t Pay! is being brought to life by the Mercury Theatre’s Creative Director, Ryan McBryde (Baskerville, The Comedy Of Errors, Oliver)
Designed by Zoë Hurwitz
Exhibition
The East of England hello stranger team have designed interactive stations around the public foyer and bar areas of the theatre. The stations invite the public to engage with various stages of the design process (including script reading, research, sketching, 3D renderings and texture sampling). The exhibition is an exciting chance to see behind the scenes of the design process, for budding theatre designers, creatives and audiences interested in the work of performance designers.