Butchered

29th October

Welcome to the kitchen where dreams come to die.

After working in a basement kitchen for as long as they can remember, Master Sausage only knows one thing. Eat, sleep, sausage, repeat. Trying to appease the greed of their faceless employers, the Top Steps, they work relentlessly and cannot imagine their life beyond the butchery.

But when a babbling, fresh-faced Apprentice arrives, a harsh reality is brought with them. With their daily routine disrupted, the Master is forced to look their life in the eye and climb into the belly of the beast. As tensions rise, sinister questions rear their heads. What does it mean to be happy? Is there more to life than this? What’s in those sausages anyway?

 

Featuring dynamic physical theatre, a pitch-black comedic script and a killer soundtrack, this blood-thirsty absurdist horror is about challenging tradition, surviving in a cut-throat world and doing what has to be done… Have you got the guts?

 

★★★★★ “BUTCHERED truly is an example of handcrafted skill to the highest level.”  Binge Fringe

 

★★★★★ “A clever, macabre tale of survival, splattered with humour and absurdism. A wonderfully gory story!” West End Best Friend

 

★★★★★ “A fringe gem.” Broadway Baby

 

★★★★★ “Dazzling physical theatre with an absurd and pitch-black comedic script.” Everything Theatre

 

★★★★★ “Powerful, moving and thrillingly gruesome.” Fringebiscuit

BUTCHERED is also currently nominated for an OffFest Award for its run at VAULT Festival 2023.

 

Content warnings: Suitable for 14+. This show includes flashing lights, loud/sudden noises and music, uncomfortable sound effects, stylised violence, reference to death and suicide.

 

 

ticket information

Performance dates: 29th October

Times: 7pm

Tickets: £10