Proforca Theatre Company has announced that Flashbang will tour the UK this Spring following its critically acclaimed main house run in London.
The production has earned eleven four and five star reviews, along with OffWestEnd Award nominations for Best Performance Ensemble and Best Sound Design.
Venues on the tour include Buxton Opera House, Hull Truck Theatre, Mercury Theatre Colchester, The Lion & Unicorn Theatre and Belgrade Theatre Coventry, where the run will conclude on 9 May 2026.
Flashbang is a fast‑paced, ensemble-led new play about friendship, memory and the moments that change everything.
Set in a town “twenty miles from anywhere important”, it follows five best mates navigating nights out, shared history and the unspoken bonds that hold them together until something shifts and everything changes.
The play captures the rhythms of small‑town life, blending humour, warmth and honesty as its characters face the pressures of growing up and moving on.
Told through movement, music and direct address, it combines high‑energy storytelling with emotional precision, creating a piece that is both immediate and deeply affecting.
Critical praise has been widespread. Reviews have hailed it as “an absolute stunner of fringe productions in 2022 for me!” (West End Evenings) and praised “James Lewis’s luminous script” as “an affable, affectionate ode to ladhood and the working class” (Lost in Theatreland). My Theatre Mates described it as “poetry, pain, pleasure and a pure joy to behold”.
Proforca Theatre Company creates bold, contemporary new writing that places ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. Based at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre, its previous work includes At Last, Lately, The Shatter Box and Feel.
The creative team for Flashbang includes writer James Lewis, director David Brady, movement director Lucy Glassbrook and lighting designer Gregory Jordan. Associate direction is by Mark Conway, with production photography by Ross Kernahan and videography by Chewboy Productions.
Listings and ticket information can be found here.
