I’ve listened to all the stories of my generation, then watched ’em get sick or fade away. And it wasn’t this world that killed ’em. It was the other… the memory of it.

Britain, the near future. Much of the country is underwater and the government has been reduced to a group of fascist strongmen. In a rural outpost of the state, the men patrol the moors for illegals. Their numbers dwindling, they struggle to retain a semblance of civilisation in the face of the inevitable onset of global war.

Stark and imperative, but shot through with a sense of warm humanity, Beth Steel’s debut Ditch is a clear-eyed look at how we might behave when the conveniences of our civilisation are taken away, and a frightening vision of a future that could all too easily be ours.

Richard Twyman directs, following his triumphant Royal Shakespeare Company production of Henry IV Part II as part of the RSC Histories Season, which he Associate Directed and which won Olivier Awards for Best Revival, Best Ensemble and Best Costume.

Ditch contains some strong language.

Cast

Gethin Anthony

Sam Hazeldine

Matti Houghton

Dearbhla Molloy

Paul Rattray

Danny Webb

Direction
Richard Twyman

Design
takis

Lighting
Matt Prentice

Sound
Christopher Shutt

Music
Tom Mills

Voice
John Tucker

Casting
Camilla Evans and Greer Dale-Foulkes

Assistant Director
Andrea Ferran