Brace Brace

＂A plane fell out of the sky, and we happened to be on it＂

A man hijacks a plane. The plane begins to fall. Fight or flight.

Back on the ground, survivors Ray and Sylvia struggle to reconcile their responses to this life-changing event. As cracks appear in their relationship, one closes themselves off, the other can’t focus on anything else.

A gripping story of the people we become in the aftermath of catastrophe from writer Oli Forsyth.

This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at the Royal Court Theatre in October 2024.

Oli Forsyth is a playwright, poet and actor from London. In 2013 he established new writing theatre company Smoke & Oakum Theatre which has to date, produced two of his plays. In 2014 Tinderbox had two productions in London and one at the Edinburgh Festival, where it was nominated for an Amnesty International Award. In 2015 Cornermen premiered at The Old Red Lion before running at The Pleasance and transferring to both The New Diorama and the Vaults. As a poet Oli performs his work at venues and festivals around the UK.