Event Info
Age Guidance: 12+ years - show contains mature themes, not suitable for young children
Running Time: 55 minutes/20 minute interval/50 minutes + Post Show Talk
The ropes are ready, the crowd is waiting, and the hangman has a new apprentice.
When Claus Kohler is apprenticed to Frantz Schmidt, Nuremberg’s seasoned executioner, the two men are thrown together in a world where duty, morality, and power collide, and every decision leaves a mark. But as the gallows fill and suspicion takes root, their fates become dangerously entwined, until both must decide who they are, and which side of the rope they stand on.
Performed by just two actors, Making a Killing is a razor-sharp, dark comedy about justice, corruption, and the cost of survival in a world disturbingly like our own. Bold, biting, and impossible to ignore, the play takes inspiration from The Journal of Master Franz Schmidt, Public Executioner of Nuremberg, 1573–1617. A remarkable historical record that lays bare the humanity and contradictions of a man who killed for a living.
A Touch Tour of the set can be arranged - please contact the Box Office to show your interest.
Content guidance: Show contains swear words, and themes around executions
Access Needs: Please contact us to book if you have any access needs that will require suitable seating or if you need a designated wheelchair space.
