No Pay? No Way! review – this 50-year-old cost-of-living satire is perfect for today’s Australia
Drama theatre, Sydney Opera House Set in the aftermath of a riot in a supermarket over skyrocketing prices, Marieke Hardy’s adaptation of Dario Fo is marvellously funny
June 2023
The new Accidental Death of an Anarchist is a riot of laughs – but does it make us angry enough?
Michael Billington
As accusations of police corruption are once again in the news, Dario Fo and Franca Rame’s Accidental Death of an Anarchist arrives in the West End
May 2023
No Pay? No Way! review – a bubblegum drama of despair
No Pay? No Way! review – rising food prices lead to theft and farce
October 2022
Accidental Death of an Anarchist review – a riotous satirical farce brought bang up to date
Tom Basden’s new adaptation of the Italian classic brings in dodgy selfies, WhatsApp groups and the lord chief justice in a furious but funny broadside against police malpractice
Dario Fo: a theatrical jester who made us laugh in the face of tragedy
Michael Billington
Dario Fo, Nobel-winning playwright, dies aged 90
Dario Fo obituary
From the Guardian archive
Dario Fo's Accidental Death of an Anarchist – a heady blend of vaudeville and politics
February 2016
I Am Thomas review – freedom of speech theatrics
The fascinating story of Thomas Aikenhead – the last person in Britain to be executed for blasphemy – is marred by a mix of theatrical styles
May 2013
Franca Rame obituary
Leading Italian actor, playwright and militant leftwing politician who was the wife and professional partner of Dario Fo
March 2013
We need a surreal fantasist like Beppe Grillo to rescue Italy, says Nobel-winning playwright Dario Fo
The author tells Tom Kington in Rome that the comedian, who finds himself kingmaker of the Italian government, is taking his cues from medieval comics who bedevilled the powerful
February 2013
Mark Lawson's theatre studies
Authors in search of a character: when playwrights stage themselves
Mark Lawson: With Hymn and Cocktail Sticks, Alan Bennett joins a tradition – including Dario Fo and David Hare – of writers putting versions of themselves into the fray
January 2013
Mariangela Melato obituary
Versatile Italian actor known for her roles in Lina Wertmüller's films
March 2012
Satirical play gives new head of state Putin the Berlusconi treatment
Moscow production of BerlusPutin imagines half of the former Italian prime minister's brain being transplanted into the newly re-elected Russian president's head
April 2010
Low Pay? Don't Pay!
Salisbury Playhouse Dario Fo's story of disgruntled Milanese housewives doesn't update well to the banking crisis, says Lyn Gardner
