A bold new work that follows four childhood friends reuniting for their 10-year school reunion. On the surface, each has grown into adulthood—careers, families, responsibilities—but when they come together, old hierarchies and power dynamics resurface. As the evening unfolds, a chance encounter on the way to the reunion reveals a long-buried secret: one of the friends was involved in the rape of a fellow classmate called Gellar.
What follows is an unflinching confrontation of trust, memory, and accountability. The play explores themes of toxic masculinity, male friendship, and the long-overdue reckoning with silence in the face of violence This feels long, are you trying to say too many words because you’re talking about something that you haven't experienced rather than just saying it? . At its heart, The Lads is a call for allyship, truth-telling, and the urgency of standing up for women’s basic rights.