A nurse, a delivery driver, and an entrepreneur walk into a speed awareness course…
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In an entirely average hotel basement somewhere in Birmingham, three speedsters are summoned to his class with a choice: change your ways, or lose your licence.
But a routine training course quickly veers into a tumultuous group therapy session as they are forced to confront the real question: why are you all so angry?
SPEED is a break-neck journey through the daily annoyances and deep-buried secrets that leave us spinning. Hilarious and heartfelt, this world premiere production reunites writer Mohamed-Zain Dada and director Milli Bhatia after the wild success of the Olivier Award-nominated, Blue Mist (Royal Court).
04 April - 17 MayFrom £15
12, 19, 26 April and 3, 10, 17 MayFrom £15
16, 23, 30 April and 7, 14 MayFrom £15
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14+
Saturday 19th April at 2:30pm
Thursday 8th May at 7:30pm
Wednesday 23rd April at 7:30pm
Saturday 3rd May at 2:30pm
Saturday 26th April at 2:30pm
Thursday 1st May at 7:30pm
Saturday 26th April at 1:30pm
Thursday 1st May at 6:30pm
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Milli is a stage, screen and radio director, and dramaturg from East London. She is an Associate Artist at Synergy, and was Associate Director at The Royal Court Theatre.
Before this, she was Trainee Director and then Literary Associate at The Royal Court, Associate Artist at The Bush Theatre, Resident Assistant Director at Birmingham Rep and Creative Associate at The Gate Theatre. Her training includes The National Theatre Director’s Programme, and The Old Vic 12.
She is a two-time Olivier Award nominee, for her productions of seven methods of killing kylie jenner and Blue Mist, both premiered at The Royal Court Theatre. She has also been nominated for Off West End Awards, Visionary Arts Awards, EE Awards and Asian Media Awards, and her work has received West End and international transfers, including to The Public Theater NYC, Woolly Mammoth DC, Riksteatern and The Swedish Biennale (Dramaten). Her work in theatre also includes Chasing Hares (Young Vic), King Troll (The Fawn) (New Diorama), My White Best Friend and Other Letters Left Unsaid (Royal Court/Bunker), Macbeth:Something Wicked (Donmar tour), Liberation Squares (Nottingham Playhouse/Brixton House/National tour), Dismantle This Room (Bush Theatre/Royal Court), Maryland and Baghdaddy (Royal Court).
Mohamed-Zain Dada, goes by the name Zain, is a playwright and screenwriter. His first writing credit, Emily (Glitched) In Paris was for the Royal Court Theatre’s Living Newspaper series in March 2021. He is an alumnus of BBC Drama Room’s 2022-23 cohort and NFTS x Left Bank Pictures inaugural Diverse Writer’s Room Programme 2024. Zain’s debut play, Blue Mist premiered at the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court Theatre in October 2023 to four and five star reviews and was nominated for an Olivier Award. His second play, Dizzy premiered at the Sheffield Playhouse (co-produced by Theatre Centre).
