BACON

Bacon has since transferred to Edinburgh, Bristol and New York.

2024 New York Transfer to Soho Playhouse Information

London Pub Theatres Standing Ovation Award Nomination
OffWestEnd Award Nomination for Best New Play
OffWestEnd Award Nomination for Director (Plays)
OffWestEnd Award Nomination for Best Production
OffWestEnd Award Nomination for Lead Performance In A Play for Corey Montague-Sholay
OffWestEnd Award Nomination for Lead Performance In A Play for William Robinson
Innovative New Play Finalists 2022 London Pub TheatresBest Production Winner (Premiere) 2022 London Pub Theatres
Duologues – Acting Award Winner for Corey Montague-Sholay and William Robinson 2022 London Pub Theatres
OffWestEnd Award Winner 2023 – Lead Performance In A Play – William Robinson and Corey Montague-Sholay
OffWestEnd Award Winner 2023 – Director (Plays) – Matthew Iliffe

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London, present day.

It’s Year 10’s first day back at school.

Mark is new and too scared to make friends. Darren is out-of-control and too scary to make friends. The two need each other but neither of them would ever admit it.

Worlds apart, but more similar than they realise, the pair form a complex and manipulative relationship that leads them blindly into a dangerous experiment that alters the course of both their lives.

Bacon is an unflinching and unexpectedly humorous look at masculinity, sexuality and power, through the dizzying lens of youth.

First developed at the Soho Theatre in 2018, Bacon won playwright Sophie Swithinbank Soho Theatre’s prestigious Tony Craze Award, and is also currently in development for a TV adaptation with a major production company.

COVID SAFE
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