Following a sell-out season at Theatre 503, Stuart Slade’s BU21, the award-nominated play that follows six Londoners in the aftermath of a fictitious terrorist attack will transfer to the Trafalgar Studios from 4 January to 18 February 2017. BU21 tickets are now on sale.
A beautiful sunny morning in London, planes leaving vapour trails across a cloudless sky. Then a sudden flash of light and, for thousands of people across the capital, everything changes forever. Here, six survivors come together in a support group to tell their stories – what they witnessed on the day and how this has affected their lives.
Based on real testimonies gathered from a variety of terrorist incidents including the 7/7 bombings, 9/11, the Paris attacks and the 2013 Westgate shopping mall attack, Slade’s BU21 is terrifyingly credible.
BU21 is verbatim theatre at its very best, terrifying, inspiring, brutal, heart-breaking and hilarious.
Writer Stuart Slade says “Terrorism is an inescapable part of the reality of life today, especially if you live in a capital city. In London, in particular, it’s not a question of if there’ll be another attack – but of when, and how bad. BU21 is my attempt to understand how people cope with, and potentially overcome, traumatic events in their lives. Based on exhaustive research from a range of terrorist events, it’s a play that faces the darkest of tragedies square in the face but also leaves room for optimism and hope“.
BU21 is directed by Dan Pick, designed by Alex Doidge-Green, with lighting design by Christopher Nairne and sound design by Owen Crouch.
