‘Not that we’re actually gonna kill him though’
Four teenage girls want to stop a billionaire building a marina that will destroy local wildlife. Step one: kidnap his grandson. Step two: revolution.
Part comedy, part eco-thriller, We’re Gonna Kill Billy is Alex Medland’s professional debut and winner of the Concord Theatricals Unpublished Playwright Award. Directed by Royal Court Associate Director and Olivier Award nominee Aneesha Srinivasan (Godot’s To-Do List), the show is supported as a case study partnership with ReStage and NT Green Store towards reducing the environmental impact of production.
Alex Medland, Writer, said: “I am so honoured that this story about four gutsy rangatahi from Aotearoa has found a home on the other side of the world. From working with the Royal Court team, to hearing the play read at The Open Submissions Festival, and to now a fully staged season, this has been so far beyond anything I could have ever imagined happening when I submitted We’re Gonna Kill Billy to the open submissions portal. Ngā mihi maioha to the Royal Court. I can’t wait to see the play come to life and I hope audiences leave with a feeling of righteous, hopeful, teenage rage.”
Aneesha Srinivasan, Director, said: “We’re Gonna Kill Billy is a razor-sharp caper that holds, at its heart, important questions about protest and resistance in climate justice. Alex’s play is all my very favourite things: audacious, unapologetic and mischievous, and with ReStage, we have the opportunity to investigate how to hold the play’s political ideas of sustainability and ecological responsibility within the process of making it. I am delighted to be directing.”
Sherry Dobbin, Executive Director, ReStage said: “ReStage helps to empower design and production to rethink a circular approach as a benefit. We’re Gonna Kill Billy represents more than just one show – it demonstrates how to use it as a creative challenge, an adjustment in production process, and access to a supportive UK-network to call upon.”
We’re Gonna Kill Billy plays at Jerwood Theatre Upstairs from Thursday 18 February – Saturday 27 March 2027.
ACCESSIBLE PERFORMANCES
4 March 2027 – Captioned Performance
18 March 2027 – Babes in Arms Performance
27 March 2027 – Chilled Performance
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