A new play by
Edward Bond

A city suburb, 2077. Joan discovers a stranger from a foreign land in her flat. Outside soldiers patrol the streets. She demands an explanation.

The stranger's story changes her life forever. Joan relises she too is an immigrant, an immigrant in her own country. They seek a solution to their problem.

Jack can offer a new identity, a pass and a passage across the border to the North. "I do it for money. Makes me reliable." But who is Jack and where will this transaction take them? What follows is a journey of self-discovery and denial for all concerned.

"I have crossed a frontier. Perhaps many should cross it. It is between where I am now and all other places."
Profound, electrifyingly dramatic, tragic and comic, the Under Room is the fifth play by Edward Bond commissioned by Big Brum for young people.

Praise for ‘The Under Room’:
‘ … A work of unflinching purity…compelling…’ (The Guardian, Nov 2005)

‘…Burn[ing] with a passion and power often missing from today’s theatre.’ (Metro, 2005)