“Raw, tense and full of dark humour” The Spy In The Stalls
Race, madness and medical ethics collide in Joe Penhall's exquisitely sharp, Olivier Award winning modern classic. This revival features new revisions in collaboration with the playwright, reimagining the junior psychiatrist as a young woman, adding resonance to the play's exploration of prejudice, power and identity.
“…Raphaé Memon delivers a simple, functional placement of furniture in order to convey the authentic starkness of the consultation room in an NHS psychiatric ward. Everything is screwed down to the carpeted floor, and the furniture legs appear to have been dipped in ombréd blue paint.” The Recs