We are Expial Atrocious - a West Midlands-based theatre company who specialise in absurdist theatre and abstract methods of storytelling. This year, we'll be taking our latest absurdist drama, 'BUTCHERED', for a limited run at the Lime Studio, Greenside, Nicholson Square. Created in just under five months, taking inspiration from Alfred Jarry's iconic play 'Ubu Roi', Splendid Productions' choreography and video game music, this two-hander is a monster of a show. It features dynamic physicalization, new writing and an original soundtrack to immerse, unsettle and shock our audiences...
"A sausage-maker and an apprentice walk into a kitchen, but this is no joke.
After working in a basement kitchen for as long as they can remember, Master Sausage is content with their life.
They work hard and cannot imagine doing anything else. They can't do anything else.
But when a fresh-faced apprentice arrives, babbling streams of consciousness, artistic passions
and a harsh reality are brought with them. With their daily routine disrupted, the Master is forced
to look their life in the eye and climb into the belly of the beast. With tensions rising, sinister questions start to rear their heads.
What does it mean to be happy? Is there more to life than this? What's in those sausages anyway?
'BUTCHERED' is a new, blood-thirsty absurdist drama about challenging tradition,
escaping the mundane and doing what has to be done."
Following the success of our 4-star digital show 'Hear. Speak. See.' from last year's Fringe, we can't wait to visit Edinburgh in the flesh and give audiences a twisted tale to sink their teeth into.
Tickets for Fringe Festival: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/butchered
