Kill Move Paradise

by James Ijames

Kill Move Paradise takes the Elysium of Greek antiquity and flips the script. Set in a netherworld prepared for its newly deceased inhabitants, we follow Isa, Daz, Grif and Tiny as they try to make sense of the world they have been "untimely ripped" from and this new paradise they find themselves in. Inspired by recent events, Kill Move Paradise is a expressionistic buzz saw through the contemporary myth that...

Kill Move Paradise takes the Elysium of Greek antiquity and flips the script. Set in a netherworld prepared for its newly deceased inhabitants, we follow Isa, Daz, Grif and Tiny as they try to make sense of the world they have been "untimely ripped" from and this new paradise they find themselves in. Inspired by recent events, Kill Move Paradise is a expressionistic buzz saw through the contemporary myth that "all live matter" and a portrait of the slain, not as degenerates who deserved death but as heroes who demand that we see them for the splendid beings they are.

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  • Eric Pfeffinger: Kill Move Paradise by James Ijames
    “

    Unrelentingly brilliant. Feels like it was written 5 minutes from now. It's like Beckett but funnier, and more gutting, and somehow both despairing and hopeful at the same time. An immediate and incandescent portrait of our nightmarish now.

    Unrelentingly brilliant. Feels like it was written 5 minutes from now. It's like Beckett but funnier, and more gutting, and somehow both despairing and hopeful at the same time. An immediate and incandescent portrait of our nightmarish now.

    ”
  • Interact Theatre Company: Kill Move Paradise by James Ijames
    “

    InterAct presented KILL MOVE PARADISE as part of our 2015 Core Playwrights Weekend. Through haunting theatrical imagery, poetically visceral language, and innovative structure, James creates a stirring, urgent call for us to honor the sanctity of black life. We were thrilled to participate in the advancement of this piece.

    InterAct presented KILL MOVE PARADISE as part of our 2015 Core Playwrights Weekend. Through haunting theatrical imagery, poetically visceral language, and innovative structure, James creates a stirring, urgent call for us to honor the sanctity of black life. We were thrilled to participate in the advancement of this piece.

    ”
  • Jeremy Gable: Kill Move Paradise by James Ijames
    “

    This is a punch in the gut. An immediate, visceral, funny, terrifying play that we very desperately need right now.

    This is a punch in the gut. An immediate, visceral, funny, terrifying play that we very desperately need right now.

    ”

Development History

  • Reading, InterAct Theatre Company, 2015