The world premiere of Cul-de-Sac, a new play by David Shopland, will be staged at the Omnibus Theatre from May 27 to June 14, 2025. Press night is scheduled for May 29 at 7:30 PM.
Presented by Fake Escape, the acclaimed company behind the multi-five-star, sell-out Off Broadway hit Saving Britney, Cul-de-Sac is a witty and wine-soaked post-mortem dissection of contemporary Britain. The play explores the broken millennial suburbanite experience, tackling themes from cultural identity to the ever-increasing price of a London pint.
Set in Northwood Hills, Zone 6 London, the story follows four characters: Ruth, Simon, Marie, and Frank. What starts as a quiet evening rapidly unravels into chaos as polite smiles give way to sharp words and truths spill as freely as the booze.
David Shopland, the writer and director, comments, “Millennials often feel trapped between worlds; we grew with technology, we weren’t born into the technological age. We straddle the past and the future in a way unique perhaps to any other generation given the acceleration of, well, everything. I think because of this, a lot of us feel lost. A lot of us stumbled into lives that actually weren’t meant for us, and a lot of us didn’t realise until it was far too late. I wanted to spend a night looking through the window at some of these people. I wanted to do it with humour, and I wanted to do it with objectivity.”
Listings and ticket information can be found here.
