The new play will run at the theatre from the 9th September until the 3rd October.
It has been announced that Max Wilkinson’s new play Night City will open at the Southwark Playhouse on the 11th September with previews from the 9th September.
Directed by Ebenezer Bamgboye, the drama combines sharp, dark humour along with movement and an electric soundtrack across three intersecting stories to explore the highs and lows of London’s gig economy.
Ride-share driver Jack Stielitz tears through the city each night, fuelled by anything that will keep him going as the ‘GoGo cars’ algorithm pumps him full of cash and customer ratings. That is, until he meets Riva and the app takes a sinister turn, leaving his body broken on Old Kent Road.
On the brink of eviction, home care worker Tamara Bishop loves her many patients but struggles to juggle all their needs. When she is asked to care for elderly heiress Gigi Mitchum, an unlikely friendship forms, but Tamara’s morality is thrown into question.
Just arrived in London, young and naive waitress Riva Singh finds the city of dreams isn’t all she had hoped for. Desperate to make it as a writer, now is her chance to tell us her story. The story of Night City.
Max Wilkinson is know for plays such as Rainer, which is in development talks with Featuristic Films as a mini-TV series and Union which is being developed for BBC Radio Four as a radio drama.
Further creative team and casting has yet to be announced.
To book tickets visit: https://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/productions/night-city/