SIZE OF COMPANY
3–5 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Small to medium

PERMANENT STAFF
Co-Artistic Director
David Woods
Co-Artistic Director
Jon Haynes
General Manager
Jo Crowley
Producer
Sarah Greentree

ARTISTIC POLICY
Ridiculusmus produces unconventional, innovative, and accessible theatre. Work is created, written, and performed by David Woods and Jon Haynes. The company makes ‘seriously funny’ and deadly serious theatre. Ridiculusmus’s working method is about creating the nothingness where expression can take place. Ridiculusmus are inspired by Samuel Beckets’ last words on theatre:
To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now

REVIEW EXTRACTS
As an articulation of the chaotic nature of life and the vitality of which drama is capable…Ridiculusmus would be hard to better.
The Irish times
Jarring, jaunty, cerebral...A nuanced reflection on a world that has lost its ethical grounding in a post-modern hall of mirrors.  
The Stage
Tough time, nice time is an extraordinary piece of work that considers what happens when we no longer have faith in our own stories.
The Guardian

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Tough time, nice time
Plunging into the deepest and darkest holes, exposing the poignancy of lives lived without meaning, Tough time, nice time is a tragicomic exploration of two people trying to make sense of their lives through the stories they tell each other.
70 minutes, no interval. Strong Language, adult content. 3 on the road
The Importance of Being Earnest
Ridiculusmus presents a glorious subversion of Wilde’s comic masterpiece, in which all nine roles are performed by David Woods & Jon Haynes.
140 minutes, interval. 4–5 on the road
How to Be Funny
Ridiculusmus presents a seminal lecture on the art of being funny.
60 minutes, no interval. 2–4 on the road
Ideas Men
Merciless satire on contemporary office life and the industrialisation of creativity.
70 minutes, no interval. 3 on the road. Strong language
Say Nothing
An irreverent provocation for peace, when the general rule is ‘whatever you say, say nothing’.
70 minutes, no interval. 3–4 on the road. Strong language
Yes Yes Yes
Mr H, an excitable bundle of confused identity, and his friend Mr Chatterjee, attempt to explain the meaning of life.
1–2 hours (varies due to improvised scenes), no interval. 3–4 on the road. Strong language

WRAP-AROUND
Lecture Demonstrations
Residencies
Post-performance discussions
Talks

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2008 Australia: Tough time, nice time, The Importance of Being Earnest
2007 Ireland: Tough time, nice time
2007 Australia: The Importance of Being Earnest
2007 Australia: How to be Funny
2006 USA: The Importance of Being Earnest
2006 Canada: Say Nothing

TOURING AVAILABILITY
From April 2009