The New Real
Written by David Edgar. Directed by Holly Race Roughan.
A Royal Shakespeare Company Production in association with Headlong.
Oct / Nov 2024 at Royal Shakespeare Company
"So here’s the offer. To run a highly ethical campaign for a candidate you really can believe in, actually. In a place that needs you. Now.”
It’s the 2000s. We’re in a distant country. Rachel, a stellar American political strategist, and Caro, her British data whizz, have been hired to fight a ferocious election. Their fax machines don’t work, the voting is rigged, and it’s proving impossible to tell what’s real and what’s fake.
They think they’re here to teach the Eastern Europeans how to do democracy, but it turns out they’re here to learn. And when Rachel’s former political partner Larry rocks up on the opposition side, their next showdown threatens to change global politics from Warsaw to Wisconsin. Forever.
Writer David Edgar said: “2024 sees probably the biggest-ever battle between mainstream politics and populist insurgents, around the world. I’m delighted that the RSC are presenting my new play about the origins of this titanic struggle, in the most tumultuous of times. And that Headlong’s brilliant Holly Race Roughan – whose View from the Bridge was a highlight of my 2023 theatre-going – is directing it.”
Creative Team
Writer: DAVID EDGAR
Director: HOLLY RACE ROUGHAN
Design by Louise Richardson