Loot
By Joe Orton
19/05/26 - 23/05/26
Lift the lid on this Deliciously Dark Comedy - loot is a hoot!
Joe Orton’s bitingly satirical farce Loot is a riotous blend of crime, corruption, and outrageous humour. When young Hal and his partner-in-crime Dennis rob a bank, they need a place to stash the cash—what better hiding spot than Hal’s recently deceased mother’s coffin? But as the body count rises and a crooked detective closes in, their scheme
spirals into hilarious and shocking mayhem.
Packed with razor-sharp wit, rapid-fire dialogue, and darkly comic twists, Loot skewers authority, hypocrisy, and the absurdity of respectability in true Orton style. Bold, irreverent, and brilliantly subversive, this is black comedy at its finest.