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This production opened on 3rd December 2021 and closed on 22nd January 2022.

★★★★
A brave, sinewy tale of gender equality in sport

The Telegraph

The clocks are set. The line is drawn. They’ve got a chance to be champions. But at what cost?


When Ann joins Sophie’s running club she’s thrown into a world of regimented training and pure focus. The two girls couldn’t be more different, but soon their shared passion makes them inseparable – dreaming in lanes and lap times, waking up picturing Olympic medals, each day stronger and faster…


But set head to head in the run-up to the World Championships, they find themselves and their friendship put to the ultimate test. As their relationships, their bodies, and their very identities are pulled into public scrutiny, does being exceptional come at too high a price?

★★★★
A meaty drama about athletics... Stunningly well-executed

The Times

A gripping exploration of the underside of women’s athletics, Fair Play is the new work from Ella Road (The Phlebotomist) – 'the most promising young playwright in Britain' (The Telegraph).


This is a Bush Theatre production in association with Sonia Friedman Productions.

★★★★★
An exhilarating piece set in the fiercely competitive world of athletics

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CAST

NICK KING

CHARLOTTE BEAUMONT 

CREATIVES

ELLA ROAD – Writer

MONIQUE TOUKO – Director

NAOMI DAWSON – Designer

JOSEPH TOONGA – Movement Director

MATT HASKINS – Lighting Designer

GILES THOMAS – Composer and Sound Designer

HEATHER BASTEN CDG – Casting

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