The Pitchfork Disney

Before there was Sarah Kane’s Blasted or Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman, there was Philip Ridley’s The Pitchfork Disney. The cult playwright’s legendary debut play premiered at the Bush Theatre back in 1991 to wildly divided reviews and enthusiastic crowds of young people who lapped up the disturbing yarn about a brother and sister living in isolation in some sort of creepy apocalyptic future. Jamie Lloyd of all people directed its biggest outing to date, at Shoreditch Town Hall back in 2017; now it’s back for a fresh revival at the King’s Head. Max Harrison directs a cast of Max Harrison directs Elizabeth Connick, Ned Costello and William Robinson.