Rust

Cast: 1f 1m

Staging: can be simply staged

Amateur rights performance fee: £85 per performance (plus VAT where applicable)

Paperback, 88 pages ISBN: 9781848428614Publication Date:
27 Jun 2019
Size: 198mm x 129mm£9.99 £7.99You save £2.00 (20%)
Ebook, 88 pages ISBN: 9781788501941Publication Date:
27 Jun 2019
£9.99 £7.99You save £2.00 (20%)
First Staged:
Bush Theatre, London, 2019

Rust

By Kenny Emson

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Nadia and Daniel have a secret. In fact they have quite a few. They've just signed on the dotted line for a studio flat. Under a pseudonym, naturally – Mr and Mrs White.

After years of school pick-ups, TV takeaways, and the day-to-day drudgery of married life, this is their chance to wipe the slate clean. But as much as they try and redefine the rules, and themselves, the outside world is closing in.

Ultra-contemporary, sexy and funny, Kenny Emson's play Rust pushes the boundaries of trust, love and lust to the limit. 

Rust premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, ahead of transferring to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and HighTide Festival in 2019, in a co-production between the Bush and HighTide.

‘Rule number eleven: We don’t talk about them. Not here. They don’t exist here.’

Press Quotes

'Renders the pleasures, sexual and emotional, of having an affair with tenderness and care'

Broadway World

'A touching 75-minute duologue exploring the intentions, complications, and after-effects of extra-marital affair... acute and searingly fast-paced'

LondonTheatre1

'A sharp, swift, compelling two-hander... a smart and arrestingly stylish piece of new writing'

The Times

'A smart, sharply written new play... the storytelling is gripping, its observations are emotionally true, and its ideas are lively and thought-provoking... tells its story with flair and fullness'

The Arts Desk

'A superbly well-tuned piece of writing'

Evening Standard

'An astute, compelling account of an extramarital affair… Emson writes with wit and fine emotional precision'

Financial Times

Cast: 1f 1m

Staging:can be simply staged

Amateur rights performance fee: £85 per performance (plus VAT where applicable)

Paperback,88 pages ISBN: 9781848428614Publication Date:
27 Jun 2019
Size: 198mm x 129mm£9.99 £7.99You save £2.00 (20%)
Ebook,88 pages ISBN: 9781788501941Publication Date:
27 Jun 2019
£9.99 £7.99You save £2.00 (20%)

Also by Kenny Emson:

Plastic
This Must Be the Place
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