THE LONG PIGS

by WE3

Horror meets hilarity!

The Long Pigs is a cruel joke. Its content includes references to cannibalism, murder, vivisection and sex; but its form is a remix of conventional, highly approachable theatrical forms amidst a murky soup of mutual distrust and suspicion. In the best tradition of all good outlaw stories, in such an environment the gang ultimately turns on itself in a fatally destructive climax. This tension corners the audience in an uncomfortable bargain, where familiar and friendly comic patterns smuggle nasty themes into their consciousness, trapping them into complicity with the performers’ most horrible actions.

A profound, stylistically and visually arresting performance rooted in physical and black comedy. Three paranoid comrades work, play and ritualize as their thrilled muttering drives their joy while a pile of shiny red noses emerge from beneath a rusty bucket. 

Perceived as an underground clown cult, The Long Pigs takes its title from the Melanesian Pidgin phrase for “human flesh”, where three black nose clowns have been scalping clown noses and slicing the very symbol of innocence off their once red nose cousins.

Located in a rickety shack that acts as their factory, three paranoid comrades work, play and ritualize as their thrilled muttering drives their joy while a pile of shiny red noses emerge from beneath a rusty bucket…