The World premiere of THE GUILTY, written by Chloë Moss comes to the Donmar Warehouse 20 June – 15 August 2026
What is it about
Yes I can help you. That’s what I’m here for.
Russell Tovey is troubled police officer Joe, stuck on the night shift, who takes a desperate 999 call from Emily.
As he scrambles to decode fragmented clues from a woman in danger, a real-time thriller unfolds. In a night filled with unsettling twists, Joe has a mounting sense that nothing is quite as it seems.
The Cast
Russell Tovey
The Creative Team
Director: Felix Barrett
Set Designer: Alex Eales
Lighting Designer: Anna Watson
Sound Designer: Gareth Fry
Video Designer: Luke Halls
Associate Director: Elin Schofield
Casting Director: Lotte Hines CDG
Chloë Moss plays include This Wide Night (Clean Break, Soho Theatre, Peter Jay Sharp Theatre – winner of Susan Smith Blackburn prize), Run Sister Run (Arcola Theatre, Paines Plough, Soho Theatre, Sheffield Theatres), The Gatekeeper (Royal Exchange Theatre), The Way Home (Liverpool Everyman), and Christmas is Miles Away (Bush Theatre and Connelly Theatre).
Russell Tovey returns to the Donmar to play Joe – he previously appeared in Constellations ( Vaudeville Theatre). His other theatre credits include Pinter at the Pinter (Harold Pinter Theatre), Angels in America (National Theatre), A View from the Bridge (Lyceum Theatre), The Pass, A Miracle, Plasticine (Royal Court Theatre), Sex with a Stranger (Trafalgar Studios), The Sea (Theatre Royal Haymarket), A Respectable Wedding (Young Vic), The History Boys (National Theatre, Broadhurst Theatre, New York), Tintin (Barbican), The Laramie Project (Sound Theatre), His Dark Materials, His Girl Friday, Henry V, Howard Katz (National Theatre), and The Recruiting Officer, and Troy (Chichester Festival Theatre).
Felix Barrett is the founder and artistic director of Punchdrunk, where he has conceived, directed and designed all the company’s site-sympathetic shows, including Viola’s Room (also The Shed), Sleep No More Seoul, The Burnt City, Sleep No More Shanghai, The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable, Sleep No More New York, The Crash Of The Elysium, The Duchess Of Malfi, It Felt Like A Kiss, The Masque Of The Red Death, Faust, and The Firebird Ball. He most recently directed Lander23, a live-action video game currently playing at Punchdrunk’s home in Woolwich. Other stage credits include Paranormal Activity (Ambassador’s Theatre, Leeds Playhouse, US tour), Luna, Luna (The Shed) and as creative director on Shakira’s The Sun Comes Out global tour, and Mumford & Son’s Delta tour. His television credits include The Third Day.
