Staged for the first time in 1896, Alfred Jarry‘s Ubu Roi ou les Polonais (Ubu the King, or The Poles) created such a scandal that almost a century passed before it was performed again. The ...

Jarry said Ubu Roi was about his old schoolmaster ... it’s about him and her – to the alchemist that’s the King and Queen and to anyone else its ‘mummy and daddy’.

Ubu: King of the Isle of Wight will open at the newly launched Department in Ryde on Friday, March 21, at 8pm. The play is a ...

The story follows Ubu on his journey to overthrow the current ruler and become King of Poland. Along the way he betrays many of his followers, taxes the civilians to an unreasonable degree and ...

The Isle of Wight themed adaptation of Alfred Jarry's 1896 play was an extraordinary and hilarious romp from a writer who ...