"You take the blue pill, the story ends.
You wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe.
You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes."
- Heinrich Institoris, Brother of the Dominican order, 1487, Cologne Germany
Heinrich and Jacob are mediaeval monks, best selling authors and inquisitors
They're also modern-day incels, and sometimes they're Jordan B Peterson.
HEXENHAMMER is a “side-splittingly hilarious”, kaleidoscopic adaptation of Die Hexenhammer, the viral 15th century guide to witch-hunting that almost outsold the Bible.
It’s also a devastating deep-dive into incel ideology, exploring how young men end up killing women as a way to solve their own problems, and why that hasn’t changed in the past 500 years.
Conceived, performed and devised by: Sidsel Rostrup and Suzy Kohane
Direction: Catherine Alexander
Dramaturgy: David Ralf
Assistant Direction: Hughie Stanley and Jacob Seelochan
Additional Devising: Jacob Seelochan, Samuel Brewer and Mae Munoe
Our work has been shown at Live Drafts at The Yard, Big Bang Scratch Night at the Camden People's Theatre and the Lion & Unicorn Theatre. We've received in kind support from the The Yard, the Theatre Deli and New Diorama Broadgate.
"Our children live in the most deprived ward in London and their parents cannot afford to pay for the classes and activities many more privileged children enjoy after school and at the weekends. A free-to-access youth group run by a local theatre in a professional setting is an incredible opportunity."
Local school teacher
