Mirror
'With great pleasure Leyla & Joel Invite you to celebrate their marriage.
Dress code is smart casual. Doors at 7.30 p.m., followed by the exchange of vows. And at the signal, the entertainment will begin.
(This performance is being staged without a licence from the Ministry. We recognise the risk that each and every one of you is taking by attending and we salute your courage.)'
A Mirror is an elusive, explosive play by Sam Holcroft, interrogating censorship, authorship and free speech. It premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London, in 2023, directed by Jeremy Herrin, and with a cast including Jonny Lee Miller, Tanya Reynolds and Micheal Ward.
It transferred to the Trafalgar Theatre in the West End in 2024.
Sam Holcroft is a playwright, whose work includes Rules for Living and Edgar & Annabel (for the National Theatre), Dancing Bears (for Clean Break), and While You Lie and Cockroach (for the Traverse, Edinburgh).