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Iron

By Rona Munro
Directed by David Smith, Nick Jackson
21st – 24th February 2024 at 8:00pm

Duration: Approximately 2 hours, 15 minutes; with a 20-minute interval.

A powerful psychological drama.

This production is presented by arrangement with Nick Hern Books.

Iron is a two-act play, set in a women’s prison, with a cast of four.

Josie is 25 and visiting her mother, Fay, for the first time in 15 years. She’s seeking answers to events that occurred when she was 10. Fay is now 45 and has served 15 years of a life sentence for murder. She’s trying to forget those same events Josie is seeking answers to.

This is a powerful psychological drama between mother and daughter regarding their respective lives back then to now, and how that event impacted on both of them – with Josie’s upbringing, prison has shaped Fay’s life with her daily encounters with two of her prison guards: George and Sheila, who are drawn into the encounter, with their own views on the realities of prison life, prisoners and families – both their own and the prisoners’.

There will be some extremely intense and disturbing scenes which highlight the realities of prison life for those who visit the prisoners, the prisoners themselves, and the warders.

CAST & CREATIVE TEAM

CAST

George (Guard 1)
Sheila (Guard 2)

CREATIVE TEAM

Production Manager
Stage Manager
Rehearsal Prompt
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Production PHOTOS

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MEDIA & REVIEWS​

Widely recognised as a leading Scottish prison drama, Iron is a dark psychological examination of criminality and its effect on familial bonds.
A Younger Theatre
Rona Munro has written a desolate drama about life behind prison walls and of the doleful existence of those who have to inhabit them.
London Theatre

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Charity Preview Night
6th February at 8.00pm

CEDAR Trust Tickets

All Other Performances
7th – 15th February at 8.00pm
Matinee on 15th at 2.00pm