The Assassination of Katie Hopkins

Chris Bush

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English

Nick Hern Books
03 May 2018

Musicals; Musical scores, lyrics & libretti

A shocking crime divides the nation. Fingers are pointed, sides are drawn, facts are hard to come by. Why did this happen? How do we move on? What must we remember?

It’s easy to have an opinion online, safe behind the anonymity of a keyboard, just like, share and subscribe. But as the digital mob polish their pitchforks, the world starts to question just how free should free speech be?

A smart, satirical musical by Chris Bush and Matt Winkworth about truth, celebrity and public outrage, The Assassination of Katie Hopkins premiered at Theatr Clwyd, Mold, in April 2018, directed by James Grieve. It went on to win Best Musical Production at the 2018 UK Theatre Awards.

'Darkly funny… it is that rarest of things, a media satire with something new to say'

— The Times

'Brilliantly written… holds a mirror to modern society that some may find discomforting at best'

— British Theatre Guide

'An ambitious, idea-filled musical about public outrage and the shifting role social media plays in society... a kind of Twitter-literate London Road... Bush and Winkworth are exciting voices in musical theatre who can use the form to spark debate'

— The Stage

'Chris Bush's self-referential, satirical musical explores the sensationalism of our news cycle'

— Independent

'Dares the audience to think twice about their own moral judgements and consider opposing views'

— WhatsOnStage

'An intelligent, thoughtful and wryly enjoyable look at the polarisation of public debate in the age of social media'

— Guardian

Best Musical Production, UK Theatre Awards

By: Chris Bush
Imprint: Nick Hern Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
ISBN: 9781848427600
ISBN 10: 1848427603
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 03 May 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chris Bush is a playwright, lyricist and theatre-maker. Her plays include: Otherland (Almeida Theatre, London, 2025); Robin Hood and the Christmas Heist written with Matt Winkworth (Rose Theatre, Kingston, 2024); an adaptation of Ibsen's A Doll's House (Sheffield Theatres, 2024); Rock/Paper/Scissors (Sheffield Theatres, 2022); an adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre (Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough, and New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme, 2022); (Not) the End of the World (Schaubühne, Berlin, 2021); Hungry (Paines Plough, 2021); Nine Lessons and Carols (Almeida Theatre, London, 2020); Faustus: That Damned Woman (Headlong, Lyric Hammersmith & Birmingham Rep, 2020); The Last Noël (Old Fire Station, Oxford, 2019); Standing at the Sky's Edge, a musical with music and lyrics by Richard Hawley (Sheffield Theatres, 2019, revived 2022 and at the National Theatre in 2023, West End 2024); The Changing Room (National Theatre Connections, 2018); Steel (Sheffield Theatres, 2018); an adaptation of Pericles (National Theatre, London, 2018); The Assassination of Katie Hopkins, written with Matt Winkworth (Theatr Clwyd, 2018); What We Wished For and A Dream. Matt Winkworth is a composer. He was artist-in-residence at The Oxford Playhouse 2016-17, won the KSF Artist of Choice award in 2015 and the Perfect Pitch Award in 2014. He has collaborated with the writer Chris Bush on Robin Hood and the Christmas Heist (Rose Theatre, Kingston, 2024) and The Assassination of Katie Hopkins (Theatr Clwyd, 2018).