The Future Is Unwritten and Fuel present

by Paul Hodson, inspired by the book by Jo Wilding

How do we know what goes on in the world? Whose stories do we believe?

In 1999 J smacks Tony Blair in the back with a well aimed tangerine – she’s protesting about the horrors in Iraq caused by UN sanctions. ‘How do you really know what's going on?’ challenges a journalist. J journeys to Iraq to find out. Three years later she returns to Baghdad… with a circus.

Punchy, playful and sometimes very silly, Don’t Shoot the Clowns tells the stories of a troupe of ramshackle clowns in a war torn country. It’s feisty, funny, political theatre about friendship, suffering and how far an individual has to go to make a difference.

‘Paul Hodson's marvellous play… required viewing for anyone who enjoys funny, perceptive and passionately sincere new writing.’ Manchester Evening News (Meeting Joe Strummer)

www.the-future-is-unwritten.co.uk  www.fueltheatre.com

Supported by Arts Council England. Developed as part of Fuel at the Roundhouse and at Cove Park. 

For further information please contact:

 Tanja Durrant

Arts Events Coordinator

Truro and Penwith College

College Road

Truro TR1 3XX

01872 267525

tanjad@truro-penwith.ac.uk