The Dying Wish - A tragicomedy
Get ready for a rollercoaster of emotions at The Dying Wish! This tragicomedy will have you laughing one moment and reaching for tissues the next.
Set in a crumbling execution chamber, The Dying Wish follows two hangmen, Rooney and Ingmar, struggling to execute Paul Freeman, a man condemned for ambiguous, increasingly nonsense crimes that reveal more about the broken system than himself.
As the new execution method fails, and unexpected visitors show up, the piece spirals into absurdity, dehumanization, and moral ambiguity, confronting audiences with the contradictions of institutional violence and our collective moral blindness.
The play culminates in an eye-opening, unexpected finale!
Darkly comic, surreal, and uncomfortably real, The Dying Wish shines a light on the moral absurdity in our own world.
Join us at the Golden Goose Theatre on the 30th of September and 1st of October at 20:30 for an unforgettable theatrical experience that will leave you pondering life's twists and turns.
Content warnings: Age 18+ Explores dark themes including injustice, execution, and grief, but overall, it is handled with absurdist humour and satirical style. Some scenes contain mild strong language, flashing lights, and loud sounds. Overall, it’s more funny and thought-provoking than frightening!
