Artwork: Duchess Theatre (2026)
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White Rabbit Red Rabbit
An actor walks onstage without knowing the script, with no rehearsals, no director and no set to fall back on.
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Productions
Now playing(1)
- Duchess Theatre · London — From 8 June 2026 · booking through 23 November 2026
Past productions(1)
- sohoplace · London — 1 October – 9 November 2024
The story
Nassim Soleimanpour wrote this experimental play while he was forbidden to leave Iran. At every performance, a different actor encounters the script for the first time, without rehearsing it in advance or receiving direction. The work uses that unfamiliar encounter to examine obedience, power and the relationship between a performer and the people watching.
In the room
The changing reader is part of the form, so each performance begins without a rehearsed interpretation. Uncertainty is central, but the particular events inside the script are best left undisclosed.
Good fit if you like
experimental theatre, unpredictable encounters and questions about authority and participation.
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