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🐒 THE MAN WHO THOUGHT HE WAS A BABOON"Fascinating, sensational and macabre." - Derren Brown
27–31 October 2026 | 7.30pm
📍 Drayton Arms Theatre, London
🎭 Part of GrimFest 2026
Howling at the moon like a wolf became teenage Hugo’s secret shame.
Adult Hugo, however, manages to live a quiet life with his wife, Summer…
…until the death of his beloved aunt and the eye-watering inheritance that changes everything.
Now Summer and the newly hired village doctor slowly convince Hugo that he’s a baboon.
If only Hugo hadn’t shared that secret.
A darkly comic and twisted new play from writer and director Somi De Souza, presented by Pulp House & Drayton Arms Theatre.
This high-end performed reading integrates the work of visual artist Vivien Delta, bringing together performance, visual art, costume and design for five nights only.
🎭 CAST
Peter - Gilbert Glenn Brown
Summer - Somi De Souza
Hugo - Richard Pope
Narrator - Ed Gliniecki
Voiceover Artist - Richard Weston Rogers Jr
Peter Alternate - Derek Ezenagu
🎬 CREATIVE TEAM
Director / Writer - Somi De Souza
Co-Director / Producer - Ed Gliniecki
Technical Director - Rebecca Lyon
Tech Support - Russell McGuire
Set Artist - Vivien Delta
Costume Designer - Morgan Webber-Newman
Wig Stylist - Marcio Soares
Publicity Illustrations - Richard Pope & Christian Adna
🩸 PART OF GRIMFEST 2026
Produced and curated by Medium Rare Productions & Pither Productions, GrimFest returns for a frightening fifth year - a celebration of dark and twisted theatre in the bleeding heart of London.
📅 PERFORMANCES
Tuesday 27 October - 7.30pm
Wednesday 28 October - 7.30pm
Thursday 29 October - 7.30pm
Friday 30 October - 7.30pm
🎃 Saturday 31 October - 7.30pm
📍 Drayton Arms Theatre
153 Old Brompton Road
London SW5 0LJ
Five nights. One inheritance. And a man who may, or may not, be a baboon.
If you love horror join us for this year's Grimfest!
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Drayton Arms SW5, 153 Old Brompton Road, London, SW5 0LJ, United Kingdom
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