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FoolishPeople

FoolishPeople tell stories. Whether that be immersive theatre, film, or transmedia in nature. We create strange, wondrous and dreamlike worlds for you to inhabit, explore and investigate.

Our work has been commissioned by organisations such as the BBC, ICA and Secret Cinema. 

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Who else grew up on the Slavic folk tale of the Baba Yaga? In Germany we did. Most of the stories we were told when I was a child were quite dark and full of myths and magic. I was fascinated with these kind of stories and I always wanted to hear...
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Who else grew up on the Slavic folk tale of the Baba Yaga? 

In Germany we did. Most of the stories we were told when I was a child were quite dark and full of myths and magic. I was fascinated with these kind of stories and I always wanted to hear more. (Kath)

The Baba Yaga is an ogress who steals, cooks, and eats her victims, usually children, but she is also a guardian of the fountains of the water of life. She is a famous witch of the East who appears as a deformed or ferocious-looking old woman. 

In Slavic culture, Baba Yaga lives in a hut standing on chicken legs.The Baba Yaga is also reffered to as the boogeyman. She’s one of the most terrifying creatures Russian parents scare their children with. This referrence has also found it’s way into the John Wick movies, describing John Wick as the Baba Yaga or the boogeyman.

Artwork by Coy Powers

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Armageddon Gospels - Press Release

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We’re very pleased to announce that the award-winning Armageddon Gospels is released on Apple TV on October the 31st 2019.

Production company FoolishPeople is set to release its latest folk-horror film on Apple TV in UK, the US and Canada on Halloween.

Written and directed by John Harrigan, Armageddon Gospels explores the cataclysmic effects of Brexit on the British landscape, a historic event that has sent reasonable people mad and turned neighbour against neighbour, shaking the foundations of what it means to be British.

The tale is centred around refugee gods, transposed to flesh and blood, who are washed ashore to rouse the myths of ancient England, half-drowned in a forgotten past. They disperse through shifting realities to awaken the giant Albion and find the holy grail in a ritual to save England from the rot of darkness and hatred that’s strangling its soul.

The film follows in the footsteps of the hit drama-horror film, Strange Factories, released in 2013.

To watch the trailer visit: 

https://vimeo.com/249556796

For more information contact: 

art@foolishpeople.org

Poster designed by the artist Doug Nox.

‘Dark Nights Of The Soul’ - Review “There are a few times when you are sitting in a place and you have to think 'This is an iconic moment — something really important is happening here.’ The Dark Nights is a shout to complacency — it’s transgressive...
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‘Dark Nights Of The Soul’ - Review


“There are a few times when you are sitting in a place and you have to think 'This is an iconic moment — something really important is happening here.’ The Dark Nights is a shout to complacency — it’s transgressive and antinomian, clearly inspired by the Chaos magic movement. YET (and it’s an important 'yet’)… it cries out to the sacredness of the Earth, to the living and alive relationships between people and Nature.” 

- Dr. Christina Oakley Harrington, Author

Join our Patreon and take the chance to receive all six original scripts from 'The Dark Nights Of The Soul’ series. https://www.patreon.com/FoolishPeople

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August Script - Cycle Three - 'Dark Nights Of The Soul - Emergence'

August Script - Cycle Three - ‘Dark Nights Of The Soul - Emergence' 

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