Don’t Shoot The Clowns

How do we really 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?’ challenges a journalist. J goes to Iraq to find out. Three years later she goes back… 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 and political theatre about friendship, disappointment and how far one 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 on Meeting Joe Strummer

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