Young men are dying and everyone assumes they're just casualties of London's chemsex scene. Everyone, that is, but Anthony, who is determined to investigate. Tumulus by Christopher Adams is a chilling, queer play- noir set amongst the shadowy hills of Hampstead Heath.

Critically acclaimed during its run at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Lucy Burke's Glitter Punch – set in Greater Manchester – charts a troubling new relationship between mysterious John and sixteen-year-old Molly, a love that will change their lives forever. 'Powerful' ( TheStage ).

Set in a Wigan taxi, Burkas and Bacon Butties by Shamia Chalabi and Sarah Henley is a heart-warming comedy about taxi-driverAshraf and his twenty-something daughter, Shaz, as they negotiate the ups and downs of living in a mixed-culture family.

When bereaved mother Mary finds a disembodied arm, a conspiracy builds: maybe her child isn't quite so dead after all. Shortlisted for Soho Theatre's Tony Craze Award, Sami Ibrahim's Wind Bit Bitter, Bit Bit Bit Her is an enthralling monologue about love and loss.

The Strongbox by Stephanie Jacob is a story of domestic servitude and abuse of power, as authoritarian Kat, her ageing mother, Ma, and their teenaged slave, Maudie, jostle for power – and affection –in their dilapidated London home.

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TUMULUS

Christopher Adams

For Tim, and Auntie Em

Tumulus was first performed at VAULT Festival, London, on 24 January 2018, with the following cast:

IAN HALLARD

TOM RHYS HARRIES

CIARÁN OWENS

Director	Matt Steinberg
Producer	Joanne L Williams
Designer	Alison Neighbour
Sound Designer	Nick Manning
Lighting Designer	Lucy Adams
Stage Manager	Megan Bly
Illustrator	Will Adams
Movement Director	Natasha Harrison
Filmmaker	Ciara O’Grady

This production acknowledges support received from Arts Council England.

Characters

Suggested doubling:

Male, thirties

ANTHONY

Male, early twenties	Male, forties
MATT	SIMON
VIJAY	CHRIS
SAM	OLLIE
CARL	MIKE
GEORGE	JOE
JONATHAN	NEWSPAPER
HENRY	COUNSELLOR
WILLIAM	PLACARD
JACK (THE YOUNGER)	GENE
CALLUM	JACK (THE ELDER)
OFFICER B	EDWARD
A, C, E, G, J	CHRISTOPHER FELIX MARTIN TEXT OWEN PERCY OFFICER A VOICEMAIL B, D, F, H, I

Setting

North London, the modern day.

Note on Text

Text in square brackets is unspoken.

ACT ONE

Scene One

ANTHONY

On a Saturday night in January

I arrive at a flat

In Willesden Green

There are six

Seven

Guys here already

They greet me like an old friend

SIMON

Hey

MATT

Hey

CHRIS

Hey man

Good to see you

VIJAY

What’s up?

Haven’t seen you in a while

OLLIE

How’s you?

SAM

Heya

MIKE

Hey

You’re Roger right?

ANTHONY

Anthony

Actually

Like me they have been going for eighteen hours

One guy

(Simon?)

Has brought his pug

SIMON

Her name is Marigold

Isn’t she gorgeous?

ANTHONY

She’s ghastly

Another

(Matt?)

Rushed from his shift at the Royal Free

His nursing scrubs are piled in a corner

He says to me

MATT (holding out a pair of shorts)

Here

Put these on

ANTHONY

Thanks

But I have my own

The Uber from Kentish Town

Took about twenty minutes

Along the way I started to hear the sound

Sound.

This is generally my cue

That it’s time for another hit

I find the kitchen

I am pleased to see Wandering Joe

He crops up at parties like these across North London

He brings a comforting air of middle management

The type of man who would feature

In a diarr...

Cover
Title Page
Contents
Welcome (back) to VAULT
Tumulus by Christopher Adams
Glitter Punch by Lucy Burke
Burkas and Bacon Buttties by Shamia Chalabi & Sarah Henley
Wind Bit Bitter, Bit Bit Bit Her by Sami Ibrahim
The Strongbox by Stephanie Jacob
About the Authors
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