SESSIONS (2024, UK TOUR)

BY SAM BATES

WHEN GEORGE BOUCHER, A TROUBLESOME YOUTH, NARROWLY MISSES SERVING TIME IN PRISON FOR A VIOLENT OFFENCE, HE IS PLACED WITH A NEW, UNCONVENTIONAL YOUTH OFFICER CALLED DAVID.

As George and David progress in their work together, David manages to slowly peel back George's defences and walls without him realising; allowing him the space and freedom to grow and heal.

Sessions is a play about the confines of toxic masculinity and trauma, which aims to grapple with how trauma lives in the body – and how, when it goes unaddressed, it manifests into our behaviours and habits.

Sessions was supported by a National Lottery Project Grant from the Arts Council of England. It premiered at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre in May 2024, touring through the King’s Arms Salford, The Abbey Theatre in Nuneaton, Underground Venues in Buxton, and ZOO Venues at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, receiving two Best New Writing Awards along the way.

Cast + Creative

Sam Bates | Writer + Director

Adam Halcro | George Boucher

Naytanael Israel | David Turner

Stacey Cullen | Producer + Dramaturg

FINLAY MURRAY | LIGHT + SOUND DESIGN

PHILLIP BROWN | MUSIC