CHOP

Axes chop. Wood flies. Egos splinter.

Chop is suitable for touring to theatres and street festivals with specific show for schools and colleges underway in 2026.

For full tour pack please email bookings@lordsofstrut.com

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Following the acclaimed success of the 2024 hit musical, Dream Factory , circus-comedy outfit Lords of Strut returns with CHOP, a bold, hilarious, and heartfelt solo show written and performed by Cian Kinsella. The spotlight is on environmental destruction and performative masculinity, two deeply connected issues.. explored through slapstick, clowning, and classic Lords of Strut absurdity.

“I needed it to be funny,” says Kinsella. “The topics are heavy, biodiversity loss, climate collapse… but laughter gets us in the room. Once there, we can talk.”

Set against a backdrop of real wood chopping and physical comedy, CHOP draws on Kinsella’s personal life, managing a rewilding project in Carlow, growing his own food, and living a low-impact life style.

With Bravado, axes, and clowning, he asks: Can masculinity be redefined as caring, connected, and responsive to nature? Far from a lecture, CHOP is a visceral, laugh-out-loud experience with a powerful message. “This is a show about hope, urgency, and being human,” Kinsella says. “It’s okay to care, it’s okay to not have all the answers. The conversation needs to start, and action needs to follow.”

CHOP is a dangerously funny, wildly absurd descent into fragile masculinity, environmental collapse, and the insatiable hunger for more. Expect real danger, real questions, zero solutions…. and a lot of laughs.

This is the kind of show you come out buzzing from: funny, physical, slightly dark, and full of heart. At its centre is a lone wood-chopper stuck in a strange, end-of-the-world loop, hacking away as everything around him falls apart.

Blending slapstick, clowning, and high-energy physical comedy… with real axes and real wood chopping! CHOP turns eco-anxiety, masculinity, and our messy relationship with the planet into a fast, joyful, and surprisingly moving experience. Part absurd spectacle, part urgent provocation, it sits at the turning point between collapse, connection, and change.

“Expect puppets, crafts, and a whole lot of chopping, all carried out with an intense and manic nature”.

No More Work Horse

“A Nervous breakdown in the most anarchic way possible”

The Irish Times

“Joyfully unhinged… but grounded in a snappy script that keeps the momentum alive”

Richards Reviews