Part tribute act, part feminist reclamation, part fever dream, PHILOSOPHY OF THE WORLD is about power, patriarchy, band t-shirts, daddy issues and three sisters, who didn’t want to be a band but it was their destiny.
It’s also about who gets to decide if you’re good or shit.
But it’s mainly about dads.
Featuring questionable mime, high-intensity dance sequences, cheap wigs, jump scares and a well trained actor.
We’ll play the band. You play the audience. It’ll be perfect.
Load up on guns, bring your friends. But please, no smoking in the auditorium.
Oh, and lastly, whatever you do, please don’t tell Tom Cruise about the show. He currently holds the rights to the Shaggs’ story. And we haven’t paid him.
(Free soda on admission)
- WINNER OF THE SCOTSMAN FRINGE FIRST AWARD 2025
- WINNER OF FEST AND SKINNY MAGAZINE’S BESTIE AWARD 2025
- THE STAGE’S FRINGE FIVE 2025 – THEATRE MAKERS WHO MADE THE BIGGEST IMPACT
Accessibility
Philosophy of the World includes British Sign Language (BSL) interpretation. A BSL Interpreter will be present on stage, interpreting the spoken dialogue and key sound elements throughout the show. In some instances, the interpreter may be integrated into the performance.
/"A rigorous and intelligent show"The Stage
/"The show is messy, but every provocative decision is justified, stacking up into a coherent, caustic comment on the inescapability of the patriarchy"The Scotsman
/"A wild and raucous assault-course emancipation... there are essays to be written about this show"The List
/"Ear-splittingly loud, raucous, rambling, thoughtful, clever, provocative and absolutely and utterly brilliant"What's On Stage
/"They have made a visceral, uneasy but hilarious work of performance art that is both high-brow and accessible, provocative, honest and intellectual. There is no-one quite like them right now, but it feels like the beginning of a movement"British Theatre Guide
/"Original, unsettling, and oddly moving"North West End
/"Effervescent and bubbling at the brim with anger, wit and vitality"Corr Blimey
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