THE STORY: Acclaimed playwright Laura Wade explores the lives of the young, wealthy, and privileged. In an oak-panelled room in Oxford, ten young bloods with cut-glass vowels and deep pockets are meeting, intent on restoring their right to rule. Members of an elite student dining society, the boys are bunkering down for a wild night of debauchery, decadence, and bloody good wine. But this isn’t the last huzzah: They’re planning a takeover. Welcome to the Riot Club.
“[W]hile Wade’s play reminds us that many of the upper-class continue to enjoy the sound of broken glass, its success lies in harpooning the way power operates through a succession of nods and winks in our supposedly open, egalitarian society.” —The Guardian (UK).
“…blackly comic and often disgracefully entertaining…” —The Telegraph (UK).
“Laura Wade’s depiction of wealth and privilege is savagely funny.” —Time Out London.
“Beautifully observed, very funny…Wade’s gifts as a satirist are beyond doubt.” —Evening Standard (London).
