Vicky Featherstone explores human connections in a contemporary urban context as she directs a new work as part of the Royal Court's Jerwood New Playwrights programme.

Writer-actor Chris Thorpe has made a buzz in fringe venues and been championed by none other than celebrated dramatist and tutor Simon Stephens as an 'exceptional' talent whose work shows 'a ferocious directness and a brilliant playfulness'.

Victory Condition, Thorpe's new play at the Royal Court, is preoccupied with the idea of making connections when everything happens at once.

'A thousand people are taking a sip of coffee within the city limits of Johannesburg, each unaware of the other doing it, each one necessarily thinking they are the only one.'

Victory Condition will run in the Royal Court Downstairs Theatre alongside B, alternating nights in rep. Some performances start at 7pm, others 9pm.

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