On top of that the audience will also have the opportunity to sign a non-negotiable life-long contract to join “one of the World’s most progressive cultural and spiritual movements.” And everyone will receive their very own name sticker. Who could say no to that?
Following 2016’s semi-successful Mystery Hour, which toured the country, even making it as far as Stockholm, the Fire Donkey team are back and this time instead of looking for answers, they have the answers for you – in the form of the Church of Phil, led by Phil, a charismatic former childstar who owns a caravan park in Wales.
Polly and Liam are two of Phil’s most loyal followers and will lead the audience through a series of visually-striking slideshow presentations, ritual dances, stories about the great man himself, puppetry, a live healing, a human sacrifice, and even a raffle. And who doesn’t like a raffle?
The Church of Phil is the third full production by Pembrokeshire-based Fire Donkey Productions, the work of Liam McKenna from Hertfordshire, and Polly Preston of Pembrokeshire, who bring a shared love of weird comedy and respective talents in writing, special effects and costume design, in collaboration with several artists, musicians and choreographers to create low budget, DIY comedy theatre.
And this promises to be their most ambitious project yet, attempting to poignantly satirise the corruption of power in religion through the medium of a puppet chimp, banana-induced hypnotherapy and a tap dance.
What audiences have previously said about Fire Donkey Productions:
“Bonkers”
“What the fringe used to be like”
“Brilliantly random”
And one woman simply wished them luck.
Church of Phil Recruitment Seminar will be at the Bohemian Balcony in Swindon on April 1 from 2.30pm