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
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.
Developed with supported from: Blackpool Grand Theatre, Royal Exchange Theatre, Stage One & ThickSkin Theatre
UK TOUR 2025
ARC Stockton Arts Centre - 24th - 26th April
mercury theatre, Colchester - 29th & 30th April
Storyhouse Chester - 25th May
Birmingham Rep - 27th & 28th May
Blackpool Grand - 3rd June
Live Theatre, Newcastle - 6th & 7th June
Theatre Royal Bath - 10th June
Sheffield Theatres - 12th June
Shakespeare North Playhouse - 14th June
Glastonbury Festival - 27th & 28th June
Creative Team
Writer & Performer: Joe Mallalieu (he/him)
Director & Dramaturg: Tess Seddon (she/her)
Associate Director: Emily Oulton (she/her)
Set & Costume DesignER: Rūta Irbīte (she/her)
Lighting DesignER: Amy Mae (she/her)
Composer & Sound DesigNER: Lee Affen (he/him)
Photography & Graphic DesignER: Grant Archer (he/him)
Technical Stage Manager & Production Manager: Adam Robertson (he/him)
Production Assistant: Sasha Dowdy (she/her)
Producer: Max Emmerson Productions
PR: SM Publicity
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.