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‘It is the first must-see play of the year... Roxana Silbert’s production is fuelled by brilliant performances, especially from Andrew Scott and newcomer Christian Roe, whose ongoing feud is portrayed magnificently.’

**** thelondonpaper

‘What Thompson captures, with great vividness, is the City's mix of cut-throat competitiveness and its residual belief in playing by the rules…  And it is performed with great style. Andrew Scott's nasal whine and facetious knowingness contrast perfectly with Christian Roe's fresh-faced arrogance as the toffish intruder. Phoebe Waller-Bridge's power-suited Jess blends mocking disdain and low cunning, while Nicolas Tennant as PJ exudes the weary desperation of a man who has spent his life playing games with other people's money.’

**** Michael Billington, The Guardian

‘The liveliest satire on the City since Caryl Churchill's Serious Money 20 years ago.’

The Times

‘As razor-sharp as Thompson’s previous works… He is supremely adept at peopling these dog-eat-dog environments with plausible dogs (and bitches), at portraying stratagems and counter-stratagems with relish, at demarcating the limits of personal loyalties and finding them pretty paltry.’

Financial Times

‘Financial ignoramuses like me are given an illuminating lesson in the method and madness of the trader's way of life… Andrew Scott is horribly hypnotic as the spivviest and least scrupulous trader, his dead, whiny voice suggesting a man who has mortgaged his very soul to financial success.’

The Telegraph

‘Well worth blowing your redundancy money on.’

The Spectator

See a clip from rehearsals courtesy of BBC Newsnight Review, click here.

'This is McSorley's. Second largest bank in the square mile. Half our traders break the million pound barrier. Just how far are you prepared to go?'
 
Pressure is mounting on the bond traders’ floor. Millions stand to be lost or won. Jess is playing FTSE with the clients, PJ’s practising his poker face for bonus day – hoping it’ll be Barbados, not Bruges – and superstar trader Donny’s in danger of losing his crown to the new boy. Could they be headed for more than a financial crisis?

A topical, fast-paced new drama by Steve Thompson (Whipping It Up, Damages), Roaring Trade exposes just how far people go for the highest risk jobs in the City.

New podcast: In a fascinating new discussion, award-winning writer Steve Thompson and director Roxana Silbert talk about Roaring Trade, Steve’s research with City traders and the impact of the economic downturn on the arts. Click here to listen now.

‘Superbly entertaining… one of the most enjoyable new plays of the year’

Daily Telegraph on Whipping It Up

Designed by Kandis Cook | Lighting by Wolfgang Goebbel | Sound by Matt McKenzie
With Jack O'Connor, Christian Roe, Andrew Scott, Nicolas Tennant, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Susan Vidler.