Bacon London Reviews and Tickets

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Absorbing, Great acting, Great staging

About the Show

Sophie Swithinbank's multi-award-winning play exploring masculinity, sexuality, and power.

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Great staging, Great acting, Absorbing

See it if you enjoy captivating two handers. The play sizzles with tension, yearning and teenage confusion. William Robinson is especially brilliant

Don't see it if quieter pieces aren't your thing. It's a slow burn of shifting power dynamics, with comments on masculinity, sexuality and class

Critic Reviews (3)

All That Dazzles (UK)
July 26th, 2023

" 'Bacon' isn’t always the easiest of plays to watch. The themes in the show can be quite disturbing to watch and I would strongly recommend anybody watching this checks out the trigger warnings beforehand."
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West End Best Friend
July 27th, 2023

" 'Bacon' is a raw and unflinching play that maintains a poignant and vulnerable heart. Harrowing and brutal at times, this is a play that resounds throughout the current climate of homophobia and repressed sexuality amongst young people. A must see and a must discuss."
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Theatre Weekly (UK)
July 26th, 2023

“ ‘Bacon’ can be a difficult watch at times; there’s no easy way to tell a story like this, yet Swithinbank’s script has the meat for the audience to really chew over. Iliffe’s direction, and two terrific central performances, make this an unmissable piece of theatre.”
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