RADIANT BOY

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21 May 2025 to 14 June 2025 Southwark Playhouse Borough

Renee Lamb and Stuart Thompson - credit Olivia Spencer
Production Image - Renee Lamb and Stuart Thompson - credit Olivia Spencer

A thrilling new play with music about faith, shame, queerness and finding connection through art.

Fantastic production images are in for Nancy Netherwood's Radiant Boy, which opened at Southwark Playhouse Borough on 21 May and runs until 14 June. Check out the website for more amazing images! 

North-East England, 1983. As a snowstorm rages outside, trainee singer Russell and his mother Maud await the arrival of a young priest, who believes Russell is a victim of possession….

Cloudburst Productions Ltd, in association with Southwark Playhouse, has announced the world premiere of Nancy Netherwood’s Radiant Boy which opened at Southwark Playhouse Borough on 21 May for previews and runs until 14 June, following its inclusion in the RSC’s 37 Plays competition in 2023. Júlia Levai directs this brand-new chilling play. With a soundtrack of traditional songs, North-East folk music and 80s New Wave, the show investigates faith, shame and queerness and finding connection through art. 

Joining the previously announced Stuart Thompson (‘Spring Awakening’ (Almeida), ‘SAS: Rogue Heroes’ (BBC)) as Russell & Renée Lamb (The Original Cast of ‘Six’ (West End)) as Steph/The Voice are Ben Allen (Macbeth, UK tour) as Father Miller and Wendy Nottingham (The Last of the Boys, Southwark Playhouse) as Maud.

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RADIANT BOY  21 May – 14 June 2025 

Southwark Playhouse Borough, 77-85 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BD

Mon - Sat 7.30pm, 3pm Matinees Tue & Sat

Tickets from £10 - BOOK NOW

Further Information: Radiant Boy: A Haunting - Southwark Playhouse Borough