The Trials
Cast: 2f 1m plus 12m/f (playing teenage jurors, flexible casting)
Staging: Several interiors (rooms in a large public building)
Amateur rights performance fee: £85 per performance (plus VAT where applicable)
18 Aug 2022Size: 198mm x 129mm
18 Aug 2022Size: 297mm x 210mm
18 Aug 2022
The Trials
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A4 Spiral-bound
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Ebook
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The near future. The climate emergency is gathering pace, and our generation is being judged.
The jurors are children. But are they delivering justice – or just taking revenge?
Dawn King's searing play The Trials was first performed at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus in January 2022, and was a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. It received its British premiere at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in August 2022, directed by Natalie Abrahami.
The Trials offers an exciting opportunity for theatre companies to address the climate emergency and intergenerational conflict, as the jury of 12 to 17-year-olds hold the stage alongside three adult defendants.
This play is also available as an A4 Edition. With spiral binding, a larger print size and additional space for notes, this format is ideal for directors, stage managers, actors and others to use in rehearsal and production.
To order, simply select the 'A4 Spiral-bound' option above. Please note A4 Editions are only available for delivery within the UK.
'Everyone lived like we did! Well maybe not everyone, everyone. But… I wasn't any worse than anyone else.'
'A gripping climate dystopia... compelling and fascinating... a parable about the near future that's also an unsettling window into the vertiginous chaos of revolution'
Time Out'Chillingly compelling... convincing and urgent... a really distinct sense of fury that gives this drama its emotional fuel... haunting and thought-provoking — this is the best play about our climate emergency'
The Arts Desk'Bold, uncomfortable, urgent viewing... King cleverly nails not just the dystopian vision, but the evasions and lack of commitment to green living that have caused it'
WhatsOnStage'Exhilarating and engrossing'
Reviews Hub'Compelling... combines the spirit of Margaret Atwood's speculative fictions with shades of Lord of the Flies... it holds us in its grip... a play that demands self-reflection and soul-searching beyond the auditorium'
Guardian'Gripping... A timely and troubling speculative drama [that] imagines the grim repercussions of our current climate emergency'
The StageCast: 2f 1m plus 12m/f (playing teenage jurors, flexible casting)
Staging:Several interiors (rooms in a large public building)
Amateur rights performance fee: £85 per performance (plus VAT where applicable)
18 Aug 2022Size: 198mm x 129mm
18 Aug 2022Size: 297mm x 210mm
18 Aug 2022
