Anthea is a woman on the edge, out of work, and in arrears. When she gets mixed up in a riot at the local supermarket, she seizes the opportunity to stock her empty cupboards and those of her friend, Maggie.
But how will they hide the loot from their law-abiding husbands?
What will they tell the police?
When the going gets tough Anthea’s anarchic imagination takes over, with a fantastical, farcical answer for everything…
Conrad Nelson directs Dario Fo’s classic comedy, a fast and furious political satire on the plight of the working poor, transposed to Brexit Britain.
A Northern Broadsides and York Theatre Royal co-production
Company
Cast Suzanne Ahmet, Matt Connor, Michael Hugo, Steve Huison and Lisa Howard
By Dario Fo
A new adaptation by Deborah McAndrew
Based on a translation by Jon Laskin and Michael Aquilante
Director Conrad Nelson
Designer Jessica Worrall
Lighting Douglas Kuhrt
Reviews
They Don’t Pay? We Won’t Pay!
★★★★
"Lisa Howard’s Anthea is a comic tour de force
They Don’t Pay? We Won’t Pay!
"This fast-paced panto-esque comedy is damningly relevant now"
They Don’t Pay? We Won’t Pay!
★★★★
"Fast, furious and very funny, this is farce with fire in its belly"
