Monument

A new play by Rhys Warrington, receiving its world premiere at the Royal Court Theatre, in which a Welsh farming community debates a planned memorial after a tragedy.

Monument is a drama about a close-knit village that has been shaken by a tragedy and must decide how to remember it. Its residents gather to discuss a memorial that is being planned, and the play follows the argument over the community's past, its future and the wider politics of remembrance.

Directed by Francesca Goodridge, the production is co-produced with Sherman Theatre in Cardiff. The staging places the audience in the village hall alongside the community, where each vote on the memorial counts. The theme is the weight of decisions that outsiders watch from a distance while local people must live with the outcome.

The show marks Rhys Warrington's Royal Court debut as a playwright. Warrington is the recipient of the second Davidson PlayGC Bursary, supported by PlayGC Theatre Company and the Alan Davidson Foundation.