Premiered at the Royal National Theatre, this extraordinary new play by one of B
ritain's leading playwrights combines English folk tales with modern urban life.
In terms of its language alone, it is as exciting and challenging on the page a
s on the stage. The play follows the Skriker, 'a shapeshifter and death portent,
ancient and damaged, ' in its search for love and revenge as it pursues two you
ng women to London, changing its shape at every new encounter.
