Spillikin bring Drip, Drip, Drip to Theatre Royal Plymouth

The company that broke box office records at The Drum with their show Spillikin, brings Drip Drip Drip to Theatre Royal Plymouth from Tuesday 11 – Saturday 15 February.

The oncology ward of a local NHS hospital. Behind the curtain - Daniel, a refugee from Eritrea, training to be a nurse; Rahmiya, a second-generation immigrant Muslim doctor; and David, elderly white cancer patient and discredited academic, fretting about his cat, Roger.

Over time, carers and cared-for become an unlikely family, as dysfunctional as any.

But drip by drip David’s far-right nativism seeps out, as he prepares his final, incendiary lecture (assuming he lives long enough to give it). 

Bonds break, reality splinters, and suddenly both Daniel and Rahmiya’s right to call the UK home seems to hang on a dead man’s lips.

Pipeline Theatre, known for indelible characters and immersive design, takes you into the darkness with an unexpectedly light touch, busting taboos while offering its love-letter to the NHS.

Tickets are priced from £15 and can be booked online at www.theatreroyal.com or by calling the Theatre Royal Plymouth Box Office on 01752 267222. Concessions are available.

Matinée – Saturday 15 February at 2.45pm

Post-show Q&A – Wednesday 12 February