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"Bizarre, wacky yet one of the most hilarious pieces of theatre (yes, it is theatre!) that you’ll ever see" - Tough Yolk Theatre Company on Sales Pitch.

spare the rod is a theatre company, formed by George Abbott and Alfie Lanham-Brown in 2018. Our shows offer an intimate take on immersive theatre. With spare the rod, you are never an audience at a theatre show, but a different audience somewhere else, in another time. We continually explore the line between passivity and participation in our work, centring our pieces in this liminal zone. Our interest is in contemporary culture, and how to take the piss out of it.

We have some very exciting news: Our new piece, My Plan For Tomorrow, is being produced at The Pen Theatre this November! 

We have been working on it for a few years, focusing on creating a mature and keenly honed piece, which reflects a number of deep and personal issues that affect us.

But we need your help to get it on.

As a fringe theatre company, we rely on donations in order to produce our work. It is only with your help that we will be able to front the essential costs of rehearsal space hire, marketing materials and set and costume.

We are extremely grateful for any donations, no matter how small.

What exactly happens to our hopes and dreams? Maybe subsumed into apathy, eaten by addiction, twisted into half-scribbled lines. Perhaps they come true in letter and name only, leaving a hollowness unfilled. Either way, it could be a laugh to watch it all unfold.

In equal parts wincing as it is hilarious, My Plan For Tomorrow is an exhibition of unsound ambition and unbridled narcissism. We invite you to spectate this strange world.

Written by George Abbott and produced by Enrose Ramos.

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“Took several poignant jabs at modern day society…  absolutely hilarious approach” – Two Lasses In London on George Abbott Changes Your Life.

“Made our stomach muscles disintegrate… what an absolutely bonkers bit of theatre” – Riddled Image Theatre Company on Sales Pitch. 

More info about Spare the Rod: 

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