The Pitchfork Disney

The Pitchfork Disney description

A decade ago something awful happened. You'll be horrified by The Pitchfork Disney.

Written by Philip Ridley and Directed by Max Harrison, The Pitchfork Disney is billed as a horror-drama... and it is powerful stuff. Presented by Lidless Theatre, Zoe Weldon and King's Head Theatre Productions, you can expect a dark comedy like no other. Prepare to be scared.

Lidless Theatre has been collaborating with Philip Ridley for years, as long-term fans of his groundbreaking stories. The fourth collaboration between Lidless and Ridley, Pitchfork Disney follows on from the venue's productions of his other plays Moonfleece, Tender Napalm, and Leaves of Glass, which won the OFFIE Award for Best Performer as well as breaking box office records and enjoying a second sell-out season.

This is Ridley's first professional stage play, premiering in 1991 at the Bush Theatre, and the story goes like this. A decade ago something so terrible happened to Presley and Haley that they locked themselves into their dead parents’ house and never emerged again. When Presley spots a beautiful stranger on the street outside their home one night, while his sister is asleep, he decides to open the door. And by doing so he invites in their worst nightmare.

Billed as deeply unsettling, this important masterpiece managed to change the face of British drama, deftly exploring themes of a climate of fear, living in alternative worlds, and ever-present sexual anxiety. No wonder it resonates as powerfully as ever. The creative team includes Kit Hinchliffe, the Designer and Co-Artistic Director of Lidless Theatre, the 2025 Olivier winning Lighting Designer Ben Jacobs, and Sound Designer Sam Glossop.

Grab tickets while you can for this important production showcasing one of Ridley's most celebrated and influential works, a major revival of an unforgettable drama.

Playing at King's Head Theatre

115 Upper Street, Islington, London, N1 1QN GB (venue info)

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