The company has announced details of its upcoming 2017/2018 season which will include a tour to China, the premiere of a new work, a residency at the Barbican and an educational initiative with a leading drama school. 

Announced by Told by an Idiot’s Artistic Director Paul Hunter, highlights for the upcoming season will include the return of the acclaimed Get Happy, which will tour to China in the Autumn.

The company will also present the world premiere of Napoleon Disrobed based on the novel The Death of Napoleon by Simon Leys and which will be directed by Kathryn Hunter in a co-production with Theatre Royal Plymouth and London’s Arcola Theatre.

Meanwhile, the season will also see Told By Idiot present Let Me Play the Lion Too in a two week residency at the Barbican’s Pit Theatre from the 19th February until the 8th March 2018. The production will see a group of 12 performers, six of whom have a disability, work with Told by an Idiot to devise new improvised evenings of anarchic spontaneity.

Finally, the company has announced that they will be working with the Rose Bruford College in curating and leading an MA/MFA in Collaborative Theatre Making.

Talking about the announcement, Told By Idiot’s Artistic Director Paul Hunter said: “These are exciting times for Told by an Idiot. We are delighted to be the first British theatre company to perform at the Beijing Comedy Festival, with our co production with the Barbican of ‘Get Happy’. We hope our homage to Piña Baush, Charlie Chaplin, and Dr. Seuss strikes a chord with Chinese audiences and their rich history of physical comedy.

In a new departure for the company we will be creating and curating an MA in Collaborative Theatre Making at Rose Bruford. This will be a wonderful opportunity to develop our practice and engage intensively with the next generation of theatre artists.”

For more information about Told By An Idiot’s upcoming season visit: https://www.toldbyanidiot.org/