What it is
A lean, precise, ensemble-driven play: five to six actors, clean doubling, brisk scenes, and a staging language that’s elegant rather than fussy. We value clarity, tempo, and bite.
- Actor-led storytelling; table work into labs; minimal, purposeful design.
- Writer: Alex Vivesh. Director/Producer: Simon Ashton.
- Fragility. Former Prime Minister Harold Wilson is fading; money is tight. Lady Wilson seeks help.
- The Deal. With Marcia Falkender, a plan: sell Wilson’s papers.
- Fallout. A private fix ignites a constitutional storm.
“Who owns a Prime Minister’s history — the family, the nation, or the highest bidder?”
letters read aloudnewspaper headlinessharp dialoguewit → urgency → quiet grief
Cabinet Secretaryloyalty vs mercy
Civil Servicecontain the leak
Academia (Canada)cheque books open
Created from hundreds of documents at the National Archives; a kitchen-sink drama in oak-panelled corridors.
- When does history become public?
- Can loyalty survive ambition?
- Are PMs ever private again?