Five at The Lion & Unicorn Theatre

A true-crime podcaster walks into a prison to interview a serial killer. He expects a story. He doesn't expect to become part of one.

Five is a psychological thriller about obsession, control, and the seductive pull of darkness. Over a series of recorded interviews, the charming and unsettling Killer draws podcast host Morris deeper into his world - probing his relationship, his insecurities, his hungers. What begins as research curdles into fascination, and fascination into something far more dangerous.

As the interviews continue, the power dynamic shifts. Morris starts to unravel. And the audience, watching from inches away, becomes complicit in what unfolds. This is a play about the stories we tell ourselves - about monsters, about love, about who we really are when no one's watching. It asks what happens when you stare into the abyss and the abyss offers you a seat.

Five is a taut, darkly funny two-hander that explores the blurred lines between true crime entertainment and voyeurism, between intimacy and control, between fascination and destruction.