About the play

I developed ‘After the Accident’ while on a six month attachment at the Birmingham Rep. The attachment, organised through Midlands Script, was an enormous breakthrough for me, as it gave me the opportunity to run at an idea that I had been incubating for years, with the structure and support of a fantastic theatre and dramaturg (Caroline Jester). 

The play explores the process of Restorative Justice in the aftermath of a fatal car accident caused by a fifteen year old joyrider, Leon. It’s a three hander, lasting just over one hour, and the economy of the play, along with its tragic intensity, has made it very accessible to small theatre companies and student groups. Since Amnesty International picked it up, as winner their 2008 “Protect the Human” playwriting competition, the play has been very kind to me, winning me my first radio commission on BBC radio 4, an agent (Micheline Steinberg) and a publisher in Methuen Drama. It’s been produced several times, and I’ve had the enormous pleasure of seeing it done brilliantly in schools by GCSE and A level students.

Cube Theatre’s brilliant promotional video:

After the Accident: Promotional Cinematic Trailer - Bing video