THE TRIALS
The near future. The climate emergency is gathering pace, and our generation is being judged.
The jurors are children. But are they delivering justice - or just taking revenge?
Dawn King's searing play The Trials was first performed at the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus in January 2022, and was a finalist for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. It received its British premiere at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in August 2022, directed by Natalie Abrahami.
The Trials offers an exciting opportunity for theatre companies to address the climate emergency and intergenerational conflict, as the jury of 12 to 17-year-olds hold the stage alongside three adult defendants.
DAWN KING
Dawn King is an award-winning writer working in theatre, film, TV, VR and radio. Her work for the stage includes: The Trials Donmar Warehouse, London, 2022 ; Dystopia987 Manchester International Festival, 2019 ; Salt National Theatre Connections, 2019 ; an adaptation of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World Royal and Derngate Theatre and the Touring Consortium, 2015 ; Ciphers Out of Joint, Bush Theatre and Exeter Northcott, 2013 14 ; and Foxfinder winner of the 2011 Papatango New Writing Competition, and first staged at Finborough Theatre, London, 2011; revived in the West End in 2018 . For Foxfinder, Dawn also won the Royal National Theatre Foundation Playwright award 2013. She won Most Promising Playwright at the Off West End awards 2012 and was shortlisted for Best New Play at the Off West End awards 2012, the Susan Smith Blackburn prize 2012 and the James Tait Black drama prize 2011 2012.
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