2021 - The Darkness

Five girls find themselves isolated in a forest glade in the middle of the night. All of them are strangers. All of them have had the same dream. A dream that involves them being chased through the forest by a pack of wolf like creatures, called Howlers. But tonight’s dream was different. Somehow, they’ve been plucked from their beds and into this dark forest and the only way out is to confront their own darkness. Throughout the night, they share their stories with one another in order to understand how they’ve all found themselves together and more importantly how they might find a way back out of the darkness.

‘The Darkness,’ is a play that has been created with young people to explore the notion of anxiety that is brought on by the dark stories we sometimes tell ourselves. It is a provocation, to look the darkness in the face and to tell ourselves better stories.

‘The Darkness’ appeared as one of six plays, that feature as a part of ‘THIS DARK KINGDOM’ - a collection of gothic fairy-tales that are inspired by conversations with young people.

Written & Directed by Andrew Wright