Unmissable Theatre Tickets You Can Actually Buy – Kill The Beast Trilogy

We’ve all been there: you read an article about an exciting new show or event, you tell your friends, you go online and… tickets are sold out. In fact, tickets have been sold out for months. Yet here’s this fresh off the press promotion – it’s incredibly frustrating. I became so annoyed by this that I gave up on reading about London events. Inevitably, I’d never get a ticket.

Felix is determined to do its best and bring you only shows with seats still left. Either that or we’ll seek out alternatives that might tickle your fancy. First up on our list is the upcoming Kill The Beast trilogy at the Soho Theatre, from the 20th-25th March.

Kill The Beast

Kill the Beast is a comedy theatre company with a deliciously dark sense of humour. They’re only five years old, but already have multiple awards under their belts. KTB debuted back in 2012 with The Boy Who Kicked Pigs, a play whose name is as absurd as its plot. What else can you expect from screenplay adapted from Tom Baker’s (of Dr Who fame) only novel?

I’m not the only one who thinks The Boy Who Kicked Pigs is hands down the funniest thing I’ve seen on stage. Four and five star reviews abound around this little known play. Absurd, dark and unstoppably funny, it’s worth far more than the £16 price tag. The Boy’s success at both Edinburgh and Brighton Fringes boosted the company into further acclaim and earned them Associate Artist positions at The Lowry. They soon added He Had Hairy Hands and Don’t Wake The Damp to their repertoire, and they realised they had some hits on their (hirsute) hands.

I’ve loved them since that first play, but have never been in the country during the other shows’ runs. Now however, Kill The Beast are offering the chance to see all three shows over just one week. The cast will be rotating plays, and there are still tickets left for each. I can guarantee guffaws, grimaces and gothic vaudeville all round.

The Boy Who Kicked Pigs

13 year old Robert Caligari is a nasty piece of work. But today is the day he gets his comeuppance. Today is the day he is going to die.
Based on Tom Baker’s bizarre novel, TBWKP is an extraordinary, macabre piece of theatre. It is quite literally about a boy who kicks pigs, who’s about to find out what happens to cruel little kids. Think Roald Dahl meets League of Gentleman, and you’re about right. Downright grisly and laugh-till-you-cry ghastly.

He Had Hairy Hands

The year is 1974, the sleepy town is Hemlock-Under-Lye, and when werewolf attacks threaten to ruin teatime, there’s only one person you can call…

There’s a werewolf in town, but somehow he’s not necessarily the most sinister resident. Detective meets monster meets scary locals in this uproarious tale. What’s On Stage fittingly described it as Scooby Doo meets Midsummer Murders – except this time, the Scooby snacks might be a schoolchild or two. Bloodthirsty and utterly brilliant.

Don’t Wake The Damp

Evil is rising. Grab a mop.

The final part of this gruesome trilogy splits off from the others, taking us from sleepy backwaters to the neon lights of the future. It’s a future peppered with 80s sci-fi, 90s gaming and superhero tunes. The 2035 skyline is being destroyed – tower blocks are being torn down and foundations ripped up. However, something monstrous lurks underneath the surface and one housewife is having none of it. This neon nightmare is surreal, stupid and so much fun.

 

Buy your tickets online, and if you dare to join me in doing all three, you’ll get a discount. While other shows cost an arm and a leg, Kill The Beast demands only £15-20 and a dark little piece of your heart. The term ‘side-splitting’ has never seemed so delightfully savage.

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