Scandaltown
'Dear Miss Tweetwell, the ladder is where I live. For at the top lies reputation and wealth and at the bottom: ignominy and squalor.'
When noble heroine Miss Phoebe Virtue receives worrisome news on Instagram that her twin brother Jack may be endangering his reputation in London Town, she decides she must visit herself, and investigate...
Set in contemporary, post-pandemic London, full of illicit sex, political hypocrisy and the machinations of a fame-hungry elite, Scandaltown is a comedy for the new Restoration of the theatres.
Mike Bartlett's play was first produced by the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, in association with Fictional Company, at the Lyric in April 2022, directed by Artistic Director Rachel O'Riordan.
'[Mike Bartlett] is one of the prime movers in a new golden generation of British playwrights' Independent
Mike Bartlett is one of the UK’s most exciting and inventive writers. His plays, including King Charles III, Earthquakes in London, Cock and Albion have been performed at the National Theatre, the Royal Court, the Almeida, in the West End, around the UK, and on Broadway, winning numerous awards. For television, his works include Doctor Foster, Trauma, Press and Life.