UK Premiere
A Glass Mask Theatre Production

A Slow Fire

BY SIMON STEPHENS

DIRECTED BY REX RYAN.

20 August -
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
Rex Ryan
Director
Migle Ryan
Costume Designer
Isabel Greene
Stage Manager


Media

“In Simon Stephens’s astonishing new play, hope is a bleak experiment”
The Irish Times
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Tickets

20 August -
26 September 2026

Monday to Saturday
7.30pm

Tuesday, Saturday
3.00pm

Running time: 120 minutes.

Previews £20.00 (Thurs 20 & Fri 21 Aug)

Tickets £28 (£26 conc)
Concessions available to over-65s, theatre unions, or in receipt of Universal Credit and students.

Relaxed performances: Wednesday 9 September 7.30pm, Tuesday 15 September 3.00pm

Captioned performance: Monday 21 September 7.30pm