| Piranha Heights | |
|---|---|
 Promotional artwork for the play created by Philip Ridley. | |
| Written by | Philip Ridley |
| Characters | Alan (Male, aged 37) Terry (Male, aged 42) Lilly (Female, aged 15) Medic (Male, Aged 16) Garth (Male, aged 15) |
| Date premiered | 15 May 2008 |
| Place premiered | Soho Theatre, London |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | In-yer-face theatre, Black Comedy, Farce |
| Setting | "The top-floor flat of a tower block in the East End of London." |
Piranha Heights is a one act play by Philip Ridley. It is Ridley's seventh stage play for adults and premiered at the Soho Theatre, London in 2008.[1] The production was the second collaboration between Ridley and Soho Theatre Artistic Director Lisa Goldman whom Ridley dedicated the play to in his preface of the published text. The play also featured Luke Treadaway in one of his earliest professional stage credits, who along with actor John Macmillan was filmed for Ridley's 2009 horror film Heartless, during the play's original run.[2][3][4]
Piranha Heights serves as the third and final instalment in Ridley's unofficially titled "Brothers Trilogy", having been preceded by Mercury Fur and Leaves of Glass.[5][6][7]
The play was later revived at The Old Red Lion Theatre in 2014 for which Ridley substantially revised the script.[8]
- ^ "Webpage of the 2008 production of Piranha Heights on the Soho Theatre website". Archived from the original on 19 May 2008. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ Luke Treadaway's CV on Hamilton Hoddell's website
- ^ John Macmillan's CV on Curtis Brown's website
- ^ "Heartless - Philip Ridley interview". IndieLondon. Retrieved 24 October 2018.
- ^ Fisher, Philip. "Piranha Heights". British Theatre Guide. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
- ^ Coveney, Michael (30 May 2008). "Piranha Heights". WhatsOnStage.com. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
- ^ Goldman, Lisa (August 2012). The No Rules Handbook for Writers (know the rules so you can break them). Great Britain: Oberon Books Ltd. p. 185. ISBN 9781849431118.
- ^ Webpage of the revised play-text of Piranha Heights on Bloomsbury Publishing's website
