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We're at war. Firebombs blaze, families flee food shortages as cyberattacks cut the electricity supply. Whole cities face blackouts for days. Confronted by conscription, the young are drafted in to fight the invading force, their destinies decided. These soldiers are on the frontline and the violence is escalating. It feels utterly relentless. Until a group of soldiers say no. Downing arms, faced with the prospect of prison time for desertion, they're offered another form of service - to enrol in a military clinical trial to test a cutting-edge gene therapy to treat pain. A treatment never yet trialled on humans. They could undergo rehabilitation and be completely pain free for the rest of their lives... but what is life without pain?

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Author: Sophie Ellerby

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Archive listings for Painkiller (2022)

Work type: Play.

T0613144018

Producer Theatre Royal Stratford East. Director Toby Clarke. Design Jida Akil. Costume Jida Akil. Performer Grace Coulson-Harris. Performer Taliyah Defreitas-Smith. Performer Jade Franks. Performer Morgan Hilaire. Performer Junior Kapesi-Tuku. Performer Pele Kelland-Beau. Performer Bibi MacDougall. Performer Mariama Mansary. Performer Karl Markey-Lee. Performer David Olaniregun. Performer Moussa Samba.

28 Jul 22 to 30 Jul 22

Theatre Royal Stratford East, Outer London :: V337
listing details L01486707712

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