Eco-Justice Comedy

After taking top honours at the Concord Theatricals Unpublished Playwright Award, We’re Gonna Kill Billy heads to the Royal Court, marking the professional debut of its writer Alex Medland. A blend of comedy and fiery environmental thriller, the play carries a story relatable to our times, with four teenage friends taking drastic measures to try and save their local coastline. Led by Olivier Award-nominated associate director Aneesha Srinivasan (Godot’s To-Do List), don’t miss this gripping first professional showing of one of the next generation of playwriting talent.

When a billionaire plans the destruction of a local ecosystem to build a fancy marina, four local teenagers decide that peaceful protest simply won’t do the job, if they want to protect their local wildlife. Their plan is perhaps a little radical though: abduct the billionaire’s grandson, then stage a full blown revolution. Environmental justice meets rebellious comedy in this award-winning new play.