The River

On a moonless night in August when the sea trout are ready to run, a man brings his new girlfriend to the remote family cabin where he has come for the fly-fishing since he was a boy. But she's not the only woman he has brought here – or indeed the last. A bewitching story from the author of global smash hit Jerusalem, Jez Butterworth's play The River was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in October 2012. 'Bewitchingly strange - watery and wild but deftly crafted' Evening Standard'Strange, eerie, tense... Butterworth possesses a singular talent' Guardian'Teasing, haunting and hushed... this subtle, troubling piece is likely to nag away in the memory' Telegraph'As taut as a wire and as tense as a thriller' Whatsonstage.com'One of the best productions of the year... a magnetically eerie, luminously beautiful psychodrama' Time Out'A delicately unfolding puzzle... all of it is wrapped in marvellous language... extraordinary' The Times