"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.
Tobi King Bakare and this theatre deserve a shout-out for such a young, diverse audience. There is so much talk about audiences being full of over 60s and why, why can’t theatres get the crowds in to reflect society in general? Well, I’m happy to say that on a rainy Thursday evening, the theatre was completely full.
Caiti Grove on Before I Go in CPT's Spring 2023 season London Theatre Reviews
