Told by an Idiot
| Company type | Charity and company limited by guarantee |
|---|---|
| Founder | Hayley Carmichael, Paul Hunter, John Wright |
| Fate | Operational |
| Headquarters | Unicorn Theatre, |
Told by an Idiot are a British theatre company which specialises in devised and physical theatre. Following their 1995 Edinburgh Fringe Festival debut, the group, also known as The Idiots, continue to create comedies based on bleak source material. Throughout their career, the outfit’s core members Hayley Carmichael, Paul Hunter and John Wright collaborated with The Royal Shakespeare Company, Scottish actor Richard Wilson, and poet laureates Carol Anne Duffy and Simon Armitage.