Landlord hate fuels disgraceful Edinburgh Fringe play
Private landlords will find little to laugh about in a so-called comedy entitled ‘How to Kill Your Landlord’ which will be performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this month.
The sick theatre play, which claims to be a mix of “Crime and Punishment meets Home Alone” will supposedly show the difficulties of renting.
Obviously, from the point of view of tenants and not the put-upon landlord.
Contempt for chauvinistic landlord Archie
The show’s premise follows three young flatmates: Burke, a former student activist who claims to be living hand to mouth, Harriet, a freelance yoga instructor; and Joq, a cryptocurrency enthusiast.
They are described as “polar opposites, but all united in their contempt for chauvinistic landlord Archie.”
According to the play, Archie has decided to evict them, though the synopsis fails to explain the reason behind the eviction.
It then bizarrely claims: “Taking a lead from Crime and Punishment, the trio put dark plans into motion,” describing the outcome as unfolding “with hilarious and deadly consequences”.
Fundamentally antagonistic relationship.
Speaking to Everything Theatre podcast creator of the show Harry Conway, says the play was inspired by his experience of renting in London.
In the interview, Mr Conway described landlords as exploitative, claiming: “What’s so interesting about renting and dealing with a landlord, and I don’t think this is appreciated enough, but it is a fundamentally antagonistic relationship.
“You want to pay as little as possible for as much as possible and landlords want to extract all from you whilst doing as little as possible on their side.”
Not condoning violence towards landlords
He adds in a pitch to see his show: “For a renter, this is vital information. This is going to be a revolutionary workshop disguised as a theatre comedy.”
He then bizarrely claims: “If you’re of the property landed class, you need to be on your best defence, you need to know what is being plotted out there, so it appeals to both sides of the aisle and fundamentally, we are putting on a funny comedy about a contentious issue.”
The presenter of the Everything Theatre podcast adds as a caveat at the end of the interview, saying: “In this era of cancel culture, we are not condoning killing or violence towards landlords.”
The ‘show’ will run until the 25th of August at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
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Member Since November 2024 - Comments: 81
10:29 AM, 1st August 2025, About 8 months ago
How desperate – shouldn’t they be banned and also arrested for hate crime?
Member Since December 2015 - Comments: 292
10:48 AM, 1st August 2025, About 8 months ago
Just goes to show there are no protections for some parts of society – shelter et al and the media have done a blindingly excellent job supported by the government.
Does any PRS landlord wish to put their children up against this amount of hate.
Member Since January 2024 - Comments: 341
11:09 AM, 1st August 2025, About 8 months ago
He would be better off basing a comedy on the RRB and new EPC ratings.
Member Since June 2013 - Comments: 3237 - Articles: 81
11:22 AM, 1st August 2025, About 8 months ago
All this hate against Landlords, these people are quite welcome to buy my houses and see if they can look after the tenants at price some of us charge in rent.
Many of us don’t want our houses any more and can’t wait for tenants to move out, so we can sell.
99.6% of tenants not heard of Section 24 and wun’t understand it anyway, it’s that massively homeless inducing, it’s too bonkers to believe. Tenant loses out cause of Govt policy, yet it’s left to the Landlady to sell or make the numbers add up so she gets the blame.
Who do they think is paying this loss the Govt just invented in 2015?
Who is paying Selective Licensing?
Who is paying the losses from UC?
They are of course, just like we all pay more for insurance through uninsured drivers.
The creator of the play is very correct in this though
“You want to pay as little as possible for as much as possible and landlords want to extract all from you whilst doing as little as possible on their side.”
And then the good Landlords find the balance. The creator has clearly had bad landlords.
Member Since December 2015 - Comments: 292
12:01 PM, 1st August 2025, About 8 months ago
Reply to the comment left by Mick Roberts at 01/08/2025 – 11:22
I hope the creator can afford to buy because I doubt any PrS landlord would rent to him.
Welcome to social housing Harry.
Member Since November 2022 - Comments: 2
1:57 PM, 1st August 2025, About 8 months ago
Just imagine if they had called it ‘How to kill your MP’ or ‘How to kill an illegal immigrant.’ They’d be looking at 30 months behind bars, like Lucy Connolly.
Member Since March 2023 - Comments: 1506
5:14 PM, 1st August 2025, About 8 months ago
Its a bit of fun, loosen up and bung an extra tenner on your tenants monthly rent just to make you feel better. Could be worse, you could be a Scottish or Welsh landlord.
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5:38 PM, 1st August 2025, About 8 months ago
Reply to the comment left by GlanACC at 01/08/2025 – 17:14
Ha ha I know and shun’t laugh. But they got it much worse in Scotland han’t they. And from what we know, the homeless much worse up there too is it.
Member Since March 2023 - Comments: 1506
6:05 PM, 1st August 2025, About 8 months ago
As you know Mick, I am in Derby so I am alright Jack. I know you are having fun with Nottingham Council
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6:09 PM, 1st August 2025, About 8 months ago
Reply to the comment left by GlanACC at 01/08/2025 – 18:05They having fun with me more.
Licensing dept have no shame about causing tenants homeless and causing the homeless dept to pay out 3 4 times the License fee to secure accommodation for tenants who’s been made homeless by the Licensing dept.
They just interested in Quoting the Housing act and non compromisable timelines.