The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists

Neil Gore performs a one-person stage adaptation of the classic novel The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists with projection, conjuring tricks, live music and song.

Neil Gore presents a one-person version of Robert Tressell's classic novel, using projection, political conjuring tricks, live music and song. The story follows a group of Edwardian painters and decorators renovating 'The Cave', a three-storey town house, for Mayor Sweater, tracing their hardships and struggles for survival in complacent Edwardian England. The workers are joined by artist Owen, whose attacks on the dishonesty of Capitalism highlight workplace exploitation and inequality in society. The show features the famous characters, scenes, speeches and songs, with the Great Money Trick as its centrepiece, and is suitable for ages 11 plus.