RUM by Joe Mallalieu
WINNER - BROADWAY BABY BOBBY AWARD
“Mallalieu's storytelling is captivating and impassioned” ★★★★★ Broadway Baby
“dazzlingly authentic” ★★★★ The Scotsman
“Why would anyone work in an office. In a suit, stuck in a cubicle. We shit in buckets and for some reason that makes us freer than them. It just does.”
Meet Danny, plastering since he was a kid, he’s not scared of anything, he's RUM. Danny’s been up all night and now he’s rushing to finish a job before he has to give the speech of his life. RUM is a darkly humorous and powerful new play that wrestles with masculinity, mental health and addiction in the trade. 16+ themes of suicide, drug use and swearing throughout. “A play of rare truth, raw humour and real force” Simon Stephens
Creative Team
Writer & Performer: Joe Mallalieu (he/him)
Director & Dramaturg: Tess Seddon (she/her)
Designer: RÜta IrbIte (she/her)
Composer & Sound Designer: Lee Affen (he/him)
Movement Director: Yandass Ndlovu (she/her)
Photography: Grant Archer (He/hIM)
PR: SM Publicity
We are proudly partnered with ANDYSMANCLUB, a men’s suicide prevention charity who offer free to attend peer-to-peer support groups for men aged over 18.
Supported by Stage One, ThickSkin Theatre, Blackpool Grand Theatre, Rob McLoughlin & The Royal Exchange Theatre
RUM by Joe Mallalieu (Trailer)
RUM X ANDYSMANCLUB Interview
What is RUM? Interview with Writer & Performer Joe Mallalieu
Interview with Writer & Performer Joe Mallalieu and Director & Dramaturg Tess Seddon.