The Bubonic Play

Piggy Nero

Edinburgh Fringe, Adelaide Comedy Festival

The theatrical template for the movie of the same name. Three actor-pigs compete for your attention in this hilarious tale of sex and death. With Mat Baynton, Jamie Glassman and Clare Thomson.

AWARDS
Fringe Report Award for Best Farce

PRESS
'Go and see this; you'll laugh yourself to death'
Camden New Journal

'subtle silliness and daft mucking about with words… akin to a Steve Martin or Mel Brooks filmic farce… a joy throughout, with hilarious performances and funny props'
The List

'Bristling with funny gags… a pre gem of original comedy.'
Fringe Report

'Shakespeare and Chaucer were not meant to be High Literature: They are supposed to be done like this play. There are excellent performances and a script with a great sense of its own ridiculousness. It is Vulgar and funny and generally bawdy-a great show for peasants and gentry alike.'
Three Weeks

't is a comedy so much at the service of its audience that not a tiniest gag or a quip will be allowed to slip past unnoticed. Wide-eyed and thoroughly disarming, the threesome punctuate every sentence with child-like stares into the auditorium, thus managing to get away with just about anything, from utter cheesiness to glimpses of genius. Piggy Nero and its director Cal McCrystal cast a whole new light on the notion that it is not what you tell but how you tell it. Just sit back and enjoy!'
The Stage

'Writer-director Cal McCrystal has created a riotous send-up of medieval clichés here, and the cast turn in energetic performances. The deliberately hammy acting and innuendos are all part of the fun. If you like Carry On Films, you'll probably love this.'
The Scotsman

'wonderful….the best moments are priceless.'
Chortle