• Runtime: 120 minutes

• Theatre

by Nina Raine

“The law’s not going to work according to your emotions because it’s got to be dispassionate, it’s got to be impersonal. It’s not about satisfying your personal sense of outrage”

Consent follows the lives and friendships of a group of London barristers. By day, they prosecute or defend crime suspects. Outside of work, they socialise and gossip Together.

Edward and his wife Kitty are celebrating their new baby, while Jake’s marriage with Rachel is on rocky ground, and bachelor Tim is flirting with Zara, an actress.

Things begin to sour when Ed and Tim represent opposing sides in a rape trial. The details of the case and the tensions surrounding it set off a chain reaction among the six friends, bringing old grievances and new accusations to the surface.

Nina Raine’s fierce and complex drama – of trust, doubt, justice and forgiveness in the courtroom and the bedroom – debuted at the National Theatre in 2017.

This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Nick Hern books.

Contains strong language, smoking and themes of sexual violence.