The Panopticon

Written by Jenni Fagan, National Theatre of Scotland

October 2019

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Fifteen-year old Anais Hendricks is smart, funny and fierce. She has also been let down by about every adult she has never met. Sitting in the back of a police car she is taken to the Panopticon, a young offenders institution.

Inside the circular, controlling Panopticon the residents develop intense bonds. All have experienced the failings of the care system, Anais refuses to be defined by it.

Brought for the first time to the stage, The Panopticon is a visceral, bloody and brutal testament to life and friendship.

We have a new kind of heroine for the 21st century.

Writer Jenni Fagan

Director Debbie Hannan

Associate Director Fiona Mackinnon

Designer Max Johns

Sound Designer/Composition Mark Melville

Lighting Designer Simon Wilkinson

Video Designer Lewis den Hertog

Movement Director Skye Reynolds

Fight Director Emma-Claire Brightlyn

Animator Cat Bruce

BSL Performance Interpreter Yvonne Strain, Yvonne Waddell