A Quiet Room brings a chilling new production to The White Hotel stage

An intriguing new play from emerging Lancashire playwright Charles Abbott comes to The White Hotel this October.

A Quiet Room is a two-act drama that explores the ubiquitous perils of the bystander, and is described as ‘at times chilling and at others dripping with gallows humour.’

The performance sees four individuals — portrayed by Nick Pearse (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime – National Theatre), Paddy Stafford (Too Much World at Once – HOME), Tommy Garside (Bodies/Sexy Beast) and Ethan Simpkin (Dog Factory – BFI) — tasked with remaining in a room for two weeks, watching, observing and reporting any changes to the mysterious organisation for which they work.

Following a seemingly random fatality, the narrative focuses on the group’s unravelling and collective unease, as told through a combination of original wordplay, music and visual art.

Abbott says: “We were elated to be given the opportunity to bring A Quiet Room to The White Hotel. It is the perfect venue to stage a play like this, which we hope shifts focus in North West theatre back to the written text and naturalistic performances. Rather than relying on stagecraft to do the heavy lifting, our rallying points are character and world-building to explore ideas and hopefully mirror current experiences that many have been grappling with.

“We are happy to break away from the current status quo in Manchester and we feel that the fact we are not staging A Quiet Room in a traditional theatre environment only strengthens this. Our entire cast and crew have embraced this approach and we hope to introduce our audience to characters they will come to understand as they share their story and bring inventive theatre back to a place where all can enjoy it”

A Quiet Room comes to The White Hotel Tue 8 Oct & Wed 9 Oct. Tickets are on sale now, grab yours using the button below.