Rodney Black: Who Cares? It’s Working

Full Frontal Theatre presents Rodney Black: Who Cares? It’s Working by Sadie Pearson and directed by Hen Ryan at Arcola Theatre this September.

Is ‘cancel culture’ killing comedy’, or saving it? 

Multi-award winning new writing, Rodney Black: Who Cares? It’s Working is in the midst of its rampant festival run, winning: BEST WRITING @ Bitesize Festival 2025, Alpine Fellowship Playwriting Prize 2024 & is sitting pretty on the Ilfeld Prize Longlist. Now, shortlisted for the prestigious Popcorn Writing Award 2025, and currently at Gilded Balloon for the Edinburgh Fringe…Next stop, Arcola Theatre - 3rd, 4th & 5th September.

In the comedy world, where controversy is king, when does the joke stop being funny?

A controversial comedian. A money hungry manager. Nothing is off limits for this dirty and dangerous climb-to-the-top.

But when a joke is mistaken for a call-to-arms, a fan commits a violent crime, and Rodney’s head is on the chopping block…

Tackling cancel culture, misogyny and freedom of speech in an age of outrage: this is not a comedy, it’s an interrogation of it.

‘A challenging piece of theatre full of the hallmarks of one of the best new emerging companies right now. Sadie Pearson is one of the most exciting writers currently breaking into the industry’ – Backstage Bristol on Rodney Black.

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