The Boy Who Kicked Pigs
by Tom Baker, Clem Garritty, Natasha Hodgson, Zoë Roberts, Oliver Jones, David Cumming

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Highlights

75 mins Present Day Expandable Casting Unit Set/Multiple Settings Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes Comedy

Synopsis

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’s going to die.

When Robert kicks his sister’s beloved piggy bank Trevor out of the window, he sets in motion a chain of events that results in the unexpected demise of a local fishmonger.

Having developed a taste for blood and sick to death of sneering imbecilic adults, Robert sets about becoming the real murderer he has always dreamed of being, all the while egged on by the newly-talking Trevor.

Meanwhile, in the mind-numbingly boring offices of local paper The Kent Clarion, work experience student Philip Bottering wishes for something, anything, to report on – preferably a juicy disaster.

Based on the book by Doctor Who ’s Tom Baker, this madly hilarious, frenetic scream of a show, which includes shark-mauling beachgoers, burning vicars, and even waltzing rats, is a multi-roling masterpiece that tells the gloriously grisly tale of one scoundrel’s attempt at infamy.

Press Reviews

"A mesmerising stage show… [a] biting script… The show is just as funny as it is frightening."

— Time Out

"Beautifully built with distinctive, fully-realised comic characters and a style that carries right through flawlessly… an unusual and entertaining piece."

— British Theatre Guide

"A very mature piece of work… a full-blooded, sharp-fanged retelling of Tom Baker’s twisted novelette about murder and mayhem in deepest, darkest Kent."

— Exeunt

"A very funny show, anarchic, energetic… with excellent wordplay, memorable character bits, and an unexpectedly heartbreaking climax."

— Londonist

"Inventive, clever, gruesome and hilarious, The Boy Who Kicked Pigs is a twisted triumph."

— WhatsOnStage

Characters

Character
ROBERT CALIGARI

(M, 13)

NERYS CALIGARI

(F, 10)

TREVOR THE PIGGYBANK

(Voice Only)

MRS CALIGARI

(Voice Only)

CONSTABLE
PRIVATE
FRANK GRICE
SALLY
BILLY
THE OLD SEA CAPTAIN
THOMAS CROWE
WENDY HORSEBOX
PHILIP BOTTERING

(M, 15)

TED
JUNE
MRS MILK
ROGER
DOCTOR
NURSE
DAVE

(Voice Only)

CASSIE
PEDRO
MAMIYA
SUNBATHER 1
SUNBATHER 2
+ 25 more characters

Publication

Publisher Samuel French
ISBN-13 9780573132513
ISBN-10 0573132518

The Boy Who Kicked Pigs is a comedy play written by Tom Baker and published by Samuel French .

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Restrictions: Major Markets Only (US) / Standard Restriction (UK)

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