The Trial of Jack the Ripper

A dangerously dark comedy!"Are you Metropolitan Police or City of London?""Neither.

We answer to a Higher Power."In a bleak police interview room, Jack the Ripper is questioned by two world-weary and cynical detectives about his terrible crimes.

But where exactly is this police station, and who (or what) is this Higher Power?This darkest of comedies, from Sheffield theatre group Act284, examines the celebrity that surrounds serial killers and the ridiculousness of authority, the patriarchy, and organised religion.

Featuring testimony from each of Jack the Ripper's five canonical victims, and a wonderfully irreverent courtroom scene where the killer finally faces justice, this is an electrifying and savagely funny production that is NOT for the easily offended.Written and directed by Paul Voodini and Kiera Rhodes (Enfield Poltergeist; A Very Dark Imagination; Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde), and with a hugely talented cast of young, Sheffield-based actors, this promises to be a theatre production that you will never forget!Jack the Ripper meets 'Good Omens' via Kafka's 'The Trial'.18+.

Descriptions of murder.

Frequent strong language.

Lots of profanity and more than a smidgen of blasphemy.Promotional photo courtesy of Jon Simswith Ecclesall Theatre Company