Silk Road

"SHARP-WITTED, EFFORTLESSLY ENGAGING & SURPRISINGLY SWEET" ★★★★ TIMES

"ELECTRIC" ★★★★ BROADWAY WORLD

"EXHILARATING" ★★★★ STAGE

"EXTRAORDINARY" ★★★★★ LONDONTHEATRE1

"DARKLY COMIC" ★★★★★ WHATSONSTAGE

"THEATRE AT ITS VERY BEST" ★★★★★ THEATRE GURU

"SENSATIONAL" ★★★★★ UPPER CIRCLE

"A ROLLERCOASTER" ★★★★ THE SPY IN THE STALLS

"STELLAR" ★★★★ REWRITE THIS STORY

"SHARP-WITTED, EFFORTLESSLY ENGAGING & SURPRISINGLY SWEET" ★★★★ TIMES "ELECTRIC" ★★★★ BROADWAY WORLD "EXHILARATING" ★★★★ STAGE "EXTRAORDINARY" ★★★★★ LONDONTHEATRE1 "DARKLY COMIC" ★★★★★ WHATSONSTAGE "THEATRE AT ITS VERY BEST" ★★★★★ THEATRE GURU "SENSATIONAL" ★★★★★ UPPER CIRCLE "A ROLLERCOASTER" ★★★★ THE SPY IN THE STALLS "STELLAR" ★★★★ REWRITE THIS STORY

How is it delivered? That’s the best bit! Royal Mail. Postman Pat brings your smack to your door with a smile and his black and white cat is none the wiser.

​Meet Bruce Blakemore, a struggling young Geordie tech-head and the unlikeliest international criminal mastermind you can imagine. From his base in Whitley Bay, Bruce and his Nan will find themselves sucked into an Underworld Wide Web of new-age pirates, local gangsters and tea-cosies.

Making history in 2014 as the first show ever funded by the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, join a host of unforgettable characters in this 5-star pitch-black comedy for the Bitcoin generation. Inspired by interviews with real online drug vendors, Alex Oates (BBC3, Eastenders E20, Old Vic New Voices) has written an urgent new piece about the freedoms and dangers of an unrestricted 'Dark-Web'.

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Silk Road was Highly Commended at VAULT Festival 2018. It received three Offie nominations at Trafalgar Studios 2 - New Play, Director (Dominic Shaw) and Male Performance in a Play (Josh Barrow).

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performance details

1st - 2nd February 2018
& 27th November - 1st December 2018
Live Theatre Newcastle

7th August - 1st September 2018
Trafalgar Studios 2

24th - 28th January 2018
VAULT Festival 2018

• Cast

  Josh Barrow - Bruce Blakemore

• Stage Management & Crew

  Zoë Leonard - Stage Manager (VAULT Festival / Live Theatre)

  Keira Dulake - Stage Manager (Trafalgar Studio 2)

  Craig Davidson - Stage Manager (Live Theatre)

• Creatives & Production

  Alex Oates - Writer
  Dominic Shaw - Director
  Rachel Sampley - Lighting designer
  Gareth Taylor - Original movement direction
  Harry Blumenau for Debbie O’Brien Casting - Casting director

  Lauren Storer - Associate director

  JHI - Marketing (Trafalgar Studio 2)
  Kate Morley PR - Public relations (Trafalgar Studio 2)

  Nick Rutter - Photography

  Paul Virides Productions & Evelyn James Productions - Producers

  Paul Virides Productions - General management