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    French playwright Yasmina Reza’s Olivier Award-winning tale of parents who fight dirtier than their kids is a razor-sharp satire.

    Savage Comedy With God of Carnage Tickets

    What example are we setting for our children? Find out as the darkly funny God of Carnage wreaks havoc at Lyric Hammersmith this year. This Olivier Award-winning satirical comedy of manners is a rollercoaster ride through social norms, schoolyard grudges and adults behaving like kids that you won’t want to miss.

    About God of Carnage

    When Ferdinand knocks Bruno’s front teeth out at the park, their parents meet up to have an adult conversation about their children. It’s all going to be civil, mature, and respectful. Isn’t it? As night begins to fall, chaos breaks out as the adults prove to be more childish than their eleven-year-old sons.

    French writer Yasmina Reza’s Olivier and Tony Award-winning God of Carnage play is a sharp satire that rips the thin coating of civility away from its characters, with thrilling and shocking effect. It is adapted into English by Christopher Hampton (Sunset Boulevard; Atonement), and at Lyric Hammersmith is directed by Nicholai La Barrie.

    Since premiering, it has won the Olivier Award for Best Comedy (2009), the Tony Award for Best Play, and was nominated for three major Spanish theatre awards during its season in Madrid in 2008.

    Is God of Carnage a comedy?

    This compelling and sharp play is a black comedy and a comedy of manners that drips with satirical observations. During its 2009 Broadway season, critics praised it as an “acid-dipped takedown of smug self-interest” (Variety) that is “satisfyingly primitive” (The New York Times) and “dark and hilarious” (The New Yorker).

    The Lyric Hammersmith revival is its first major return to London since the Olivier Award-winning 2009 production starring Tamsin Greig and Ralph Fiennes, and it will have you laughing in disbelief one moment, and cringing in shock the next as four professional adults descend into petty squabbles and one-upmanship.

    God of Carnage Cast

    Doctor Who and Sense8 star Freema Agyeman stars in God of Carnage as Veronique Vallon, opposite Martin Hutson (The Passion; The Honourable Woman) as Michael Vallon, Ariyon Bakare (His Dark Materials; Good Omens) as Alain Reille, and Dinita Gohil (Royal Shakespeare Company: Twelfth Night) as Annette Reille.

    Book Tickets for God of Carnage at Lyric Hammersmith Now

    Whip-smart, incisive and hugely funny, don’t miss your chance to see God of Carnage, an acclaimed comedy that strips the veneer of polite conversation and respectability to the bones, with unforgettable results.

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    Rated Excellent
    Performance dates:
    26 Sep 2023 - 30 Sep 2023
    Running time:
    2 hours including an interval.
    Venue:
    Lyric Hammersmith (See map)
    Age recommendation:
    Best for age 16+
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    Latest Audience Reviews

    Everything just escalated.., it was funny and exactly as I imagine could happen… Be prepare for... More

    staceyberry's avatar
    staceyberry 03 Sep 2023

    Very good show that breaks down what people are really like on e the polite veneers are peeled aw... More

    gemmaj2's avatar
    gemmaj2 15 Sep 2023
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    jbrown15 Top 100 reviewer 22 Sep 2023

    Interesting play set in one scene. Some parts a little slow but an interesting topic, serious wit... More

    liannai's avatar
    liannai 22 Sep 2023

    Taking the restorative justice route then attempts to beat it into submission with a verbal fight... More

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    rachelgreene Top 100 reviewer 20 Sep 2023

    Very funny but was shortened to 90 minutes I studied the play at uni did a monologue from it woul... More

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    buddys 09 Sep 2023
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