As We Face The Sun - Play summary and production details

Sep 10, 2026

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Contemporary stage play As We Face The Sun centers on a recurring yearly gathering at a West London pub, where a group returns on the same date to drink, party, and honour someone they lost. The narrative alternates between teenage life in the mid-2010s and the characters’ mid-twenties in the present day, tracing collective grief across friendship, growing up, and release. The amateur production includes stage and technical information, performance length, age guidance, and warnings about death themes plus flashing lights and haze.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

FormatPDF

Pages5

Reading Time8 min

AccessFree to download

Play summary

Setting and timeline

Themes and interpretation

Production notes and safety information

Creative team and cast

As We Face The Sun By Kit Withington 6-8 March 2025 Bridewell Theatre, London @rosebrufordcollege [bruford.ac.uk](bruford.ac.uk) Play summary Setting London Time present day At the Lamb Pub in West London the same group of people gather on the same date every year. To drink. To party. To honour the one they lost along the way. The characters exist between two time periods —the fizzing energy of teenagers growing up in school life in the mid-2010’s and the growing pains of their mid-twenties in the modern day. As We Face The Sun explores what collective grief looks and feels like in fierce technicolour. Kit Withington’s contemporary play is a bold poetic vision. No characters or lines are defined in the writing. We hope we have created a brave and effervescent interpretation that celebrates school friendships, growing up and, most vitally, letting go. This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Nick Hern Books. Run time 1 hour 30 minutes with no interval Please note that this production contains themes of death. Technical warnings for flashing lightsand haze. Recommended for ages 12+ Creative Team Director Hal Chambers Set and Costume Designer Katy Roberts Lighting Designer Kyle Drakes Sound Designer Roddy Lynch Production Stage Manager Hester Blind ell Deputy Stage Manager Jess Verri Technical Manager Max Tate Lighting Programmer and Operator Owen Connolly-Stretton Crew Jas Addison, Will Wheeler, Alfie Merrifield Movement Director Dorie Pinchin Voice Support Rebecca Whitbread Live music arranged by Ben Cannon, E d Roffey and Mariam Pope Meet the cast Click on the headshots to view student’s profiles. Reza Bazarbashi Stan Oates Meg Walls Benjamin Cannon Mariam Pope Florence Whitaker Carys Clempner Ed Roffey Habil Yaldaz Jack Harrison-Neale Liam Stone @rosebrufordcollege [bruford.ac.uk](bruford.ac.uk) Thank you. For industry, please contact: Aimée McAvoy, Special Projects Manager [Aimee.McAvoy@bruford.ac.uk](Aimee.McAvoy@bruford.ac.uk)

FAQs

What is the central setting of As We Face The Sun?

The play is set at the Lamb Pub in West London, where the same group gathers on the same date every year.

How does the play structure its timeline?

It moves between two time periods: mid-2010s school years when the characters are teenagers and the modern day when they are in their mid-twenties.

What production guidance and safety warnings are included?

The production warns that it contains themes of death and includes technical warnings for flashing lights and haze, and it is recommended for ages 12+.

Sep 10, 2026

Upload by Connor