Endless Second at Queen's English Theatre Company

Directed by Mark Winstanley, the Queen’s English Theatre Company presents a contemporary and intimate play about consent within a relationship... Two young people fall in love, and deal with a trauma that fundamentally challenges their feelings for each other… a timely play for the #metoo era.

“I’m a good person, I’m a nice person, I couldn’t do that.”

On the first day of their Drama degree, W and M are thrown together as scene partners. Their relationship soon progresses in a romantic haze of young passionate love with all the usual ceremonies; meeting the families, going away together and supporting each other through the stresses of their degree. They listen to each other. They respect each other.

But everything changes after a drunken evening out with their friends. On this night, she says, “No”. But he doesn’t stop. In the fallout that follows, W struggles to process what has happened to her. She can’t assimilate the rape for what it was, because how could it be rape? He loves her. He couldn’t have done that… could he?

QETC’s production of Endless Second is character-driven, humorous and thought-provoking - unmissable in the post #metoo movement world.

REVIEWS OF THE UK PRODUCTION

"The best, most thought-provoking show at this year's Fringe." UK Theatre Web “Powerful, timely, and sensitive, ‘Endless Second’ is as excellent as it is important.” -Three Weeks "Theo Toksvig-Stewart has crafted a subtle and nuanced script that aims straight towards controversy." - The List "It smashes all stereotypes about rape and sexual violence" Broadway Baby "A truly compelling piece, stunningly written by Toksvig-Stewart" EdFringe Review