Great Britain

A new play from acclaimed dramatist Richard Bean, based on the British phone hacking scandal.

An anarchic and foul-mouthed satire based on the phone hacking saga, which was a sell-out success at the National Theatre before transferring to the West End.Richard Bean’s fast and furious new play is an anarchic and foul-mouthed satire about the press, the police and the political establishment. Paige Britain is the ambitious, morally-bankrupt young news editor of The Free Press, a tabloid newspaper locked in a never-ending battle for more readers.