After the Punch
Post-show conversations and education work announced for the West End production of PUNCH.
KPPL Productions, Mark Gordon Pictures, Eilene Davidson Productions in association with the Young Vic and Nica Burns have announced the details of weekly post-show conversations taking place on Tuesdays throughout the West End run of the critically-acclaimed Nottingham Playhouse production of Punch. The play is by Olivier Award-winning Nottingham playwright, James Graham, based on the book ‘Right From Wrong’ by Jacob Dunne, and directed by Adam Penford. It transfers to the West End following sold-out runs at Nottingham Playhouse and the Young Vic.
The post-show conversation series – After the Punch – will run Tuesday nights from 30 September featuring a variety of expert panellists. Curated by The Forgiveness Project, the series will be co-hosted by a range of Charity Partners from across the social justice and education sectors, on topics including The Process of Restorative Justice, What Makes a Man? and The Story Behind Punch.
Three performances with all tickets at £10 for schools, community and special interest groups, curated by charity partner Go Live Theatre, will offer wide access to the play in the West End. An extensive education pack, aimed at the PSHE and Drama curriculums, will be made freely available providing resources for schools’ work around the play during the West End run, and in the future.
Kate Pakenham, Producer, said, “In bringing Punch to the West End, we wanted to honour the real people at its centre by amplifying the important conversations the play provokes, and ensuring that we reach as many young people as possible with this powerful story. This culture of care, conversation and learning was embedded in the production from its start at Nottingham Playhouse and carried through to the Young Vic, and it was important to the producing team that we continued that on Shaftesbury Avenue”.
As previously announced the producers have committed their royalties and any producer profits from the West End run into sharing the play with young people around the UK in the future. Alongside this, James Graham will be channelling all his earnings from the West End run of Punch into supporting access initiatives in the West End.
PUNCH: Monday 22 September - Saturday 29 November 2025 – Apollo Theatre