Content Warnings

August: Osage County
By Tracy Letts
Directed by Eamon Flack

This production contains includes themes of XX, and coarse language.

Please note the following content warnings may contain spoilers.

Ableism, ableist language (mild)
A character uses the term 'retarded' as an insult

Abuse, emotional, verbal, physical, domestic abuse (mild)
A small reference is made by an older woman about her violent mother, as a way to criticise her daughter's parenting skills. And a story is told about a man attacking the daughters of his lover with a hammer.

Alcoholism, alcohol (mild)
Characters in play have an unhealthy relationship with substance abuse, including alcohol.

Animal abuse, animal violence, animal sacrifice, death of an animal (mild)
Light mention of someone killing a boxer dog when they were younger. A story is told of parakeets dying from neglect by being left in high heat.

Body shaming, fat shaming (mild)
Older women in the play make rude remarks about younger women's bodies.

Cigarettes, smoking (strong)
Characters smoke herbal cigarettes throughout the play.

Coarse language (strong)
'Offensive language used includes 'Prick', 'Fuck', 'son-of-a-bitch', 'Asshole', 'Shit', 'Horseshit', 'Motherfucker', 'cunt', 'ass', 'Bitch'.

Divorce (mild)
Two characters in the play give the impression they are still married, but are going through a separation. Other characters mention their past divorces.

Drugs, depiction of someone on drugs (strong)
Characters in the play have a highly unhealthy relationship with both prescription and non-prescriptive drugs. The play shows characters intoxicated on prescription pain killers, and marijuana. Prescription medicine mentioned include Valium, Vicodin, Darvon, Darvocet, Percodan, Percocet, Xanax, Oxycontin, Diluaudid.

Homophobia (mild)
A mother uses the term 'lesbian' to insult her daughter.

Incest (mild)
Two characters in the play, who believe they are cousins, have an intimate relationship.

Loss of a loved one, death of a parent and/or spouse (mild)
A patriarchal figure goes missing at the start of the play and is later found dead.

Poverty, homelessness, starvation (mild)
Story is told of a man living with his mother and father in a car between the ages of four and ten.

Racism, systemic racism, racial profiling, police brutality, Islamophobia, genocide, white supremacy, antisemitism, hate crimes, lynching, Black trauma, white nationalism (mild)
A First Nations American Cheyenne character is referred to as an 'Indian' by their white employees. Another white American character refers to traditional dress as 'costumes'.

Rape, sexual abuse, sexual assault, sexual violence, statutory rape (mild)
A man in his 40s makes sexually related moves on a 15 year old girl. They smoke marijuana together, he talks in sexually charged innuendo and flirts with her - coercing her to inhale smoke he exhales while sharing a joint, and gropes her breasts. He turns out a light and we hear heavy breathing.

Suicide, mention of suicide (mild)
It is speculated a death that occurs in the play is suicide via drowning. A character also references Jean Seberg's suicide at one point in the play.

Terminal illness, cancer (mild)
A character in the play is living with a cancer diagnosis.

Violence, physical assault (mild)
A mother and daughter fight over prescription drugs, with other family members coming into the foray to stop them. There is hair grabbing and wrestling. A character hits another character over the head with a skillet. A woman throws a vase and breaks it, another woman smashes a plate.

Blue
By Thomas Weatherall
Directed by Ian Wilkes

This production contains strong themes of depression and suicide, and coarse language.

Please note the following content warnings may contain spoilers.

Alcoholism, alcohol (possible)
Light mention of 'drinking too much'.

Arson, fire (possible)
Brief mention of a news report where a house burns down and a couple and their child lose their lives.

Cigarettes, smoking (mild)
Character smokes a cigarette on stage.

Coarse language (mild)
'Words used include 'cunt', 'shit', 'fuck'.

Death, murder , drowning, death threats, poisoning (strong)
The play deals extensively with grief, and therefore contains different deaths through the work - including a drug overdose, a house burning down, and a death by drowning.

Depression (strong)
Character talks openly about their depression, and how they had thoughts of suicide. Character also speaks about different immobilising depression in those close to them.

Drugs, depiction of someone on drugs (mild)
References are made to people living with drug addiction - and it is implied death via overdose. Mild references to being 'stoned' are made. Depictions of abusing alcohol and prescribed medications are given.

Suicide, mention of suicide (strong)
Character talks openly about their depression, and how they had thoughts of suicide, mentioning they have attempted suicide in the past.

Terminal illness, cancer (strong)
A character has an aggressive cancerous tumour of the pancreas.

Never Have I Ever
By Deborah Frances-White
Directed by Kate Champion

This production contains sexual references, themes of racism, and coarse language.

Please note the following content warnings may contain spoilers.

Alcoholism, alcohol 
The play features drinking games throughout and the characters chant and pressure each other to drink. Throughout the play a large amount of alcohol is consumed.

Arson, fire
The play uses live flames erupting from tables within a restaurant.

Bullying, blackmail, online abuse
A character is accused of bullying another character, to which they object this accusation.

Coarse language
'Frequent use of the word 'Fuck'. Occasional use of the words ‘shit’ and ‘cunt’. Infrequent use of the words ‘spaff’, ‘nob’, ‘vag’, ‘shag’, ‘arse’, ‘cock’ 'wanker' and ‘twat’.

Contains words & descriptions that may be culturally sensitive, racist language
The play deals with racism throughout as the characters discuss their experiences of racial discrimination and privilege and how they navigate them. Areas of discussion include: The usage of the word 'woke' as appropriation from African American culture; A White character performing a type of expected allyship whilst being ignorant of the potential offence within their language or silence of People of Colour in doing so; A Black character telling a story of how they were invited to a party as a guest, but people assumed they were staff; Characters feeling 'fetishized' because of their ethnicity; A character's ethnicity and self identification as 'Turkish' is questioned by another character; A White character claims they are attacked for being White.

Drugs, depiction of someone on drugs
Characters in the play take Cocaine. Characters also speak of taking MDMA in the past during their university years.

Homophobia
A character who identifies as Queer is question on this identification by other characters in the play. A character refers to another character as a 'sort of bisexual' and not 'is a bisexual'.

Racism, systemic racism, racial profiling, police brutality, Islamophobia, genocide, white supremacy, antisemitism, hate crimes, lynching, Black trauma, white nationalism
A character tells a story of how they have experience racism through racial profiling at airports, and being subjected to 'random' searches. A Black character telling a story of how they were invited to a party as a guest, but people assumed they were staff. The play also hints at unconscious racial bias existing in the world, and has discourse around the UK Brexit vote which intersects with the existence of racial oppression.

Sex, descriptions of sex
Characters mention different sexual positions and discuss whether their married friend's still have sex or not. In the play a character offers to pay money for sex from another character. Oral sex occurs in the play during a moment of darkness, not visible to the audience. Different couples reveal public places they have had sex. The play also touches on university students having sex with Tutors or Lecturers, and the imbalance of power in these relationships.

Sexism, misogyny
A male character often refers to females in the world in a patronising way, calling them 'ladies' or 'girls'. This same character talks over women when discussing a female experience or topic.

Violence, physical assault
Verbal altercations escalate to physical attacks, with characters pushing and slapping each other. One character throws their drinks at another.

Speaking in Tongues
By Andrew Bovell
Directed by Humphrey Bower

This production contains includes themes of violence, murder and toxic relationships, and coarse language.

Please note the following content warnings may contain spoilers.

Abuse, emotional, verbal, physical, domestic abuse (possible)
Character tells a story in which they releases a torrent of abuse on someone else.

Ageism (possible)
Characters deal with growing old and speak of aging with sorrow.

Alcoholism, alcohol (possible)
Mentions of characters drinking more than usual, and being in a bad way.

Blood, gore, graphic images, blood effects (possible)
Descriptions of a bloody/broken nose.

Body shaming, fat shaming (possible)
Characters speak about not liking aspects of their own body, and create negative connotations.

Child abuse, child neglect (possible)
A character has a past of being abused as a child by their father, and another character refers to abuse as being an epidemic and out of control.

Cigarettes, smoking (possible)
Possible use of herbal cigarettes in production.

Coarse language (mild)
'Words used include 'fuck', 'shit', 'arsehole', 'bullshit'.

Death, murder , drowning, death threats, poisoning (mild)
A female is missing - and a police investigation into her murder takes place within the play.

Divorce (mild)
Married couples experience difficult times, and work through different cases of infidelity.

Simulated violence, knife fight, physical fight (possible)
Characters slap each across the face during the play.

Suicide, mention of suicide (possible)
A story is told where a man disappears and his shoes are left on the shore of the beach - it is not confirmed as a suicide in the play, but is one explanation given.

Toxic relationship, manipulation (mild)
A characters tells the story of a man following an ex lover and watching her without her knowledge. A psychologist suggests a character is manipulative in their actions towards men.

Violence, physical assault (mild)
Characters slap each across the face during the play. Characters are discribed as cut up and with blood on their shirt after an altercation. A female dead body is described as being discovered during the play - and violence against women is present in the work - including 'pushing' a pregnant woman.