What moral compromises has the Christian right had to make in order to lend its support to Donald Trump, a convicted felon? It is a question that goes through your head watching this sparky revival of Philip Ridley’s needling black comedy. How can anyone square their New Testament beliefs with all that bling, avarice and deceit.
Troubled by a biblical sense of right and wrong, Radiant Vermin is an extreme fantasy about self-styled good people justifying their immoral behaviour in the name of a consumerist god.
Jill and Ollie Swift are an expectant couple who stumble into a Faustian pact with Miss Dee, equal parts estate agent, government operative and tempter. If they sign her contract, they can get their dream home for free, each room kitted out in glossy-magazine luxury. The only cost is the loss of a few homeless people along the way. [READ MORE]