Imagine a play where a physical work of art is created every night in front of the audience...

The Escape Artists by Ruaidhri James and Luke Della Robbia is a modern play about corporate despair and creative hope, fused with a special artistic twist as the finale.

  • Performed with a three-person cast
  • One act, five scenes (Running to approx. 50 minutes)
  • Contemporary setting and themes
  • A unique, creative twist with every performance
   the escape artists - rory james and luke della robbia

"Funny, witty and sharply observed", The Escape Artists has an ingenious twist that will thrill each audience, with one act of creation performed within another, as our characters plot their escape from the daily grind of a soul-destroying 'nine to five' existence.

Sebastian: Well, it’s fair to say that was a bollocking. Yep, I have been well and truly bollocked. (pause) Funny expression when you think about it. I mean, what exactly do bollocks have to do with it anyway? My head’s pounding but my bollocks, nope, they feel fairly intact. (checks) Maybe the verb’s the clue. My illustrious leader ‘bollocked’ me, slapped me around with his great big testicles (mimics a hammer gesture from side to side) like some kind of inflatable hammer. (laughs) Well, I must have missed that bit! But bollocked I have been... (pause) and by a man who hides moisturised toilet paper in his briefcase for use in an emergency. Yep, despite cutback after cutback, old Harry boy can’t bring himself to use the industrial grade wrapping paper reserved for us mortals. He, in his infinite elegance, requires a softer, more perfumed experience, all Aloe Vera and anal pampering. It’s pathetic...

To request a copy of the script or to discuss staging a production of The Escape Artists please call Artists & Saboteurs on 020 7138 1060 or to register online please click here