Sophie Swithinbank

Tony Craze Award-Winning Play SLIPPERY Sets World Premiere In London
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 12, 2025

The world premiere of Slippery, a new play by Louis Emmitt-Stern, will open at Clapham’s Omnibus Theatre, directed by Off-West End Award winner Matthew Iliffe.

BENGAL TIGER AT THE BAGHDAD ZOO and More Set For 2025/26 Season at the Young Vic Theatre
by Stephi Wild - May 14, 2025

The Young Vic Theatre has announced the inaugural season from new Artistic Director and CEO Nadia Fall. Learn more about the full upcoming season lineup here!

Review: BACON at Rogue Machine
by Amanda Callas - Feb 16, 2025

Bacon is the West Coast premiere of a simmering new drama at Rogue Machine on Melrose running through March 30th.  Brawny, raw, savagely intimate, Bacon is a spare two-person play by Sophie Swithinbank that grabs us hard and never lets us go, even for a second.

Video: Watch a Trailer for SURRENDER at the Arcola Theatre
by Blair Ingenthron - Jun 30, 2024

Watch a trailer for SURRENDER at the Arcola Theatre in the video here!

Review: SURRENDER, Arcola Theatre
by Niamh Jones - Jun 26, 2024

A woman’s story is a valuable thing, the trials of experience typically being viewed as under discussed even within modern literature. Amongst these trials are the very real challenges that come with raising a baby, especially when a single parent.

SURRENDER Will Have London Run Ahead of Edinburgh Festival Fringe
by Stephi Wild - May 24, 2024

HFH Productions has announced a play set for a London run ahead of Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer. Surrender by Sophie Swithinbank in creative partnership with Phoebe Ladenburg will be on at the Arcola Theatre between 19 June and 13 July.

SoHo Playhouse 2024 International Fringe Encore Series Begins Tonight
by Stephi Wild - Jan 4, 2024

SoHo Playhouse's 2024 International Fringe Encore Series begins tonight! The series runs Off-Broadway from January 4 - February 11. Join SoHo Playhouse and stars from global Fringe Festivals for a roundup of the best Fringe plays this season has to offer!

THE CONNECTOR, ONCE UPON A MATTRESS & More Lead Top Off-Broadway Shows for January
by Team BWW - Jan 1, 2024

What's happening off-Broadway? BroadwayWorld is helping you pick what to see next by rounding up our top recommended theatre each month. Coming up off-Broadway this January is a new Jason Robert Brown musical, a revival of a classic, and more.

Cast & Design Team Set for U.S. Premiere of BACON at SoHo Playhouse
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Dec 20, 2023

Don't miss the U.S. premiere of 'Bacon' at SoHo Playhouse! This award-winning play explores masculinity, sexuality, and power through the eyes of two troubled teenagers. Get your tickets now for this limited engagement Off-Broadway production.

SoHo Playhouse Reveals 2024 International Fringe Encore Series Lineup
by Stephi Wild - Dec 6, 2023

SoHo Playhouse has announced the full lineup for the 2024 International Fringe Encore Series, running Off-Broadway from January 4 – February 11, 2024. Join SoHo Playhouse and stars from global Fringe Festivals for a roundup of the best Fringe plays this season has to offer!

SoHo Playhouse Announces 2024 International Fringe Encore Series Lineup
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 2, 2023

Join SoHo Playhouse for the 2024 International Fringe Encore Series, featuring the best Fringe plays from around the world. Don't miss this opportunity to see exceptional talent Off-Broadway from January 4 - February 11, 2024.

Arcola Theatre Reveals Lineup of 2023-24 Shows - THE ROSE TATTOO, SPIN, and More!
by Stephi Wild - Nov 14, 2023

Arcola Theatre has announced the new shows in their 2023/24 Autumn/Winter season. Audiences can expect a range of new and re-discovered work from a diverse mix of UK and international writers. Learn more about the full lineup of shows here!

Photos: First Look at BACON at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
by Blair Ingenthron - Aug 13, 2023

Hannah Farley-Hills for HFH Productions’ multi-award-winning production of Bacon by Sophie Swithinbank has opened to sell-out performances at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The production runs at Summerhall’s Cairns Lecture Theatre until 27 August ahead of transferring to Bristol Old Vic from 12-16 September. Check out production photos here!

EDINBURGH 2023: Review: BACON, Summerhall
by Katie Kirkpatrick - Aug 5, 2023

In Sophie Swithinbank's award-winning Bacon, friendship and love are inextricable from danger, anger, and hurt. It's a play that lives on the boundaries, the scales constantly tipping - literally, as the set takes the form of an oversized seesaw. 

Finborough Theatre Announces New ReDiscovered Season
by Aliya Al-Hassan - May 31, 2023

London's Finborough Theatre has announced its new ReDiscovery Season, featuring one of the biggest West End hits of the 1930s; a forgotten female playwright; one of the most controversial dramas of its day, banned by the censor; a family tragedy in rural Ireland; and one of the biggest comic smash hits of the 1980s.

Nancy Medina Reveals Lineup for Her First Season for Bristol Old Vic, Including STARTER FOR TEN
by Stephi Wild - Apr 19, 2023

New Artistic Director Nancy Medina has announced her inaugural season at Bristol Old Vic will be joyful celebration of the culture that is all of us. Learn more about the full lineup here!

Roman Theatre Open Air Festival Set to Kick off in June
by Stephi Wild - Apr 17, 2023

OVO will present The Roman Theatre Open Air Festival at the historic Roman Theatre in St Albans beginning in June.

Sophie Swithinbank Wins Peggy Ramsay Award
by Stephi Wild - Dec 19, 2022

Sophie Swithinbank has been awarded the Peggy Ramsay Foundation and Film4 2023 Playwrights' Scheme bursary for her play Bacon, winning The Tom Erhardt Bursary, named after the late literary agent and long-time supporter of the Finborough Theatre.

BWW Review: BACON, Finborough Theatre
by Cindy Marcolina - Mar 17, 2022

“The memories are imprinted in my mind like ink that spreads”. This is Mark’s story. New at school, his Year-10 classmates ignore him and the highlight of his day is going back home to play with his dog Barney. Then, he meets Darren. A lads’ lad and part of the local bully group, he chooses Mark as his target-slash-buddy. Mark, starved of friendship and constantly seeking approval, cautiously follows him through petty thievery and other malarkey until he realises his feelings for the boy.

BACON Comes to the Finborough Theatre Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Feb 3, 2022

In a production commissioned by the Finborough Theatre, the world premiere of Sophie Swithinbank's award-winning drama Bacon opens at the Finborough Theatre for a four week limited season on Tuesday, 1 March 2022 (Press Nights: Thursday, 3 March 2022 and Friday, 4 March 2022 at 7.30pm).