The year is 1553, the true Golden Age of English football. It’s the Allen Valley Whitsun Game, and men will die today.
This is the big game, and it’s been raging for hours. Percy and Rowan are out in the middle of nowhere, miles from the action, when a stranger joins them, a stranger with tidings that will blow their world apart.
Time passes. Night falls. The great chain of being collapses. And they’re losing the bloody football.
Written by Stewart Pringle and directed by Jack McNamara, The Bounds is a darkly comedic tale of national divides, folk horror and the end of the world as we know it.
A Royal Court Theatre & Live Theatre co-production.
Post-show talk Wed 19 June
A conversation with writer Stewart Pringle. This event is free with a ticket to that evening’s performance.
Jerwood Theatre Upstairs
Monday – Friday: 3pm and 7.45pm
Saturdays: 2pm and 6.45pm
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