Fyodor Dostoevksy wrote and never finished the satirical short story from which Tom Basden’s play draws its inspiration. In Dostoevksy’s original, Ivan is a civil servant who finds the innards of the crocodile a perfect place to carry out his administrative duties. In Basden’s version, Ivan is an actor who finds the absurdity of his situation a perfect attraction for crowds from which he can draw that admiration he so craves.

Now that Ivan is raking in the sponsorship money and interviews, how will Zack manage to convince him that he’s a terrible performer, and stop Anya from falling back in love now that he’s looking like a pretty tasty meal ticket?

This is a hilarious and surreal play about celebrity, art and what happens when you try to take on the system from inside a Crocodile.