TEMPLE

On 15 October 2011, Occupy London makes camp outside St Paul’s Cathedral. On 21 October, a building that remained open through the Blitz, terrorist threats and floods closes its doors. On 28 October, the City of London initiates legal action to begin removing Occupy London from outside the Cathedral.

Steve Waters’ new play is a fictional account of these events, set in the heart of a very British crisis – a crisis of authority and a crisis of faith.

★★★★ ‘Waters and Davies have mixed the personal and the political with wit and empathy… marvellous’ Times

★★★★ ‘An immaculate reimagining of the Occupy London protests… Simon Russell Beale plays the dean with exquisite finesse, in a play that asks big questions about the role of the church in the modern world’ Guardian

★★★★ ‘A rich, deeply thoughtful piece about contemporary values’ Financial Times