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Debt Meat at Drayton Arms Theatre

Dates: 17/05/2026- 18/05/2026

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Drayton Arms Theatre

Lauren Dalboth
Drayton Arms Pub & Theatre, 153 Old Brompton Road, London, SW5 0 LJ
London,

Tickets: £18.00 Standard, £15.00 Concession


Written & directed by Benji Edward

Starring Laya Lewis (Skins)

In a nation where human flesh is the only accepted currency, the economy is sacred and mercy is obsolete. When her sister is absorbed into the state’s system, one woman refuses to accept the arithmetic of sacrifice and sets out to confront the immaculate couple who profit from a machine that never makes mistakes. 

What unfolds is a dangerous game played over candlelit drinks, where paperwork can kill and power hides behind procedure. 

Darkly comic and unsettlingly plausible, Debt Meat is a razor-sharp new satire about the terrifying logic of a system that consumes its own.

Laya Lewis is best known for playing Liv in the hit E4 teenage Drama Skins, and the title role in the multi-award winning short film Beverley. Recently she appeared as Erias in the Netlfix docu-series Queen Cleapatra.


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Drayton Arms Theatre

Drayton Arms Pub & Theatre, 153 Old Brompton Road, London, SW5 0 LJ
London,

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Drayton Arms Theatre
Drayton Arms Pub & Theatre, 153 Old Brompton Road, London, SW5 0 LJ, London,
The Drayton Arms was originally built in 1860 and then rebuilt to its current design in 1891. Originally a function room the first theatrical use of the space was just after the war as a rehearsal room for many of the actors from the newly formed BBC TV who lived locally. In 1985 The upstairs room at the Drayton Arms was then being used as a rehearsal studio for Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. Hilary Wood had recently been appointed head of acting and at her suggestion it was decided to turn the space into a theatre to give the students their own performance space in central London. In the autumn of that year the studio was converted into a theatre with the space being designed by Hilary and Newton Jones the technical director of the Academy. The Drayton Studio - as it was then - continued in use for the next twenty years, with twelve public performances running each year. Many of the students who presented their work there have gone on to real achievement in Theatre, Film and Television. The Theatre was used as a rehearsal space on and off for a few years with couple of public performances for charity in 2009. In late 2010 it was decided to get the theatre back up and running on a more permanent basis. Work was undertaken to upgrade the space and then in April 2011 the theatre licence was granted and the Drayton Arms Theatre was reopened as a professional fringe venue. From Shakespeare to new plays, musicals to improv, classics to comedy, we are always showing something new.

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