Heads Will Roll!

A Told by an Idiot and Theatre Royal Plymouth production: Heads Will Roll
The Drum, Theatre Royal Plymouth
Thursday 6 – Saturday 22 October

Heads Will Roll is a dark epic comedy about delusion, vanity, and the corruption of power from the insatiably curious Told by an Idiot. Inspired by the myth of El Dorado - the fantastical city where rivers ran with gold – the Told by an Idiot and Theatre Royal Plymouth production Heads Will Roll explores the quests we carry throughout our lives, even if our goals are out of reach.

A golden man wades into a lake and disappears, searching for forgiveness.

A BBC TV executive flushes money down the toilet in her desperate quest for soap opera ratings.

A Spanish conquistador crashes through the jungle convinced he will find a city where rivers run with gold.

Heads Will Roll draws from a variety of sources including the extraordinary films of Herzog, the magic of Shakespeare’s late plays, and one particularly doomed BBC soap opera.

Featuring an international, all-female cast, the production premieres at Theatre Royal Plymouth before a rural tour connecting Told by an Idiot with audiences in small-scale venues and village halls across Devon and Dorset.

“I was excited by the potential of the myth of El Dorado and the elements of folly and failure this fateful quest entailed. It is proving particularlyrewarding to work with an all-female company to explore such typically male themes of pride and hubris. We are thrilled to be taking the show on our first rural tour in recent years, to connect directly with audiences in such intimate settings, and to share our work with people that may not usually have the opportunity to see it.” Paul Hunter, Told by an Idiot’s co-Founder/Artistic Director and director of Heads Will Roll

The show’s cast is Mercè Ribot and Patricia Rodriguez (who met on a Told by an Idiot workshop and went on to form Little Soldier, acclaimed for its recent production of Don Quixote), performer and composer Alicia Martel, one of Barcelona’s most unique musicians (who performed in Told by an Idiot’s Get Happy at the Barbican, 2015) and Colombian-born performer and choreographer Andrea Pelaez. Paul Hunter directs, assisted by Puppetry Consultant and Assistant Director Alumdena Adalia (founder of puppetry company Around the Glove). Design is by Associate Idiot, Michael Vale.

Heads Will Roll continues Told by an Idiots’ relationship with Theatre Royal Plymouth following co-productions My Perfect Mind, And the Horse You Rode in On and The Fahrenheit Twins.
Tickets are priced at £13 - £15 and are available from the Box Office on 01752 267222 or online at www.theatreroyal.com. Concessions are available.