UK Premiere
A Glass Mask Theatre Production
A Slow Fire
BY SIMON STEPHENS
DIRECTED BY REX RYAN.
20 August -
26 September 2026
26 September 2026
Overview
“The hope is what matters”.
Years after the apocalypse, Ashton and Reese survive in a bunker on the edge of an imaginary city. Searching for hope, they spend their days acting out stories from the before times. When a stranger appears, is he here to save them? Or is he telling a tale too good to be true?
The staggering new play from Tony and Olivier award winning Simon Stephens is part thriller, part excavation of the soul. Rex Ryan directs this UK premiere.
People
Simon Stephens
Writer
Writer
Rex Ryan
Director
Director
Migle Ryan
Costume Designer
Costume Designer
Isabel Greene
Stage Manager
Stage Manager
Media
“In Simon Stephens’s astonishing new play, hope is a bleak experiment”
The Irish Times
Tickets
20 August -
26 September 2026
26 September 2026
Monday to Saturday
7.30pm
Tuesday, Saturday
3.00pm
Running time: 120 minutes.

