FUTURE CONDITIONAL by Tamsin Oglesby, directed by Matthew Warchus and starring Rob Brydon earns a brilliant 4 star review in the Guardian. “A fast and furious play that crackles with intellectual energy”.
August 27, 2015 |

The Old Vic presents FUTURE CONDITIONAL by Tamsin Oglesby

Tuesday 1 September – Saturday 3 October 2015

Mon-Sat 7:30pm; Wed & Sat 2:30pm

(Please note that performances will begin at 8:00pm on Mon 21 and Thu 24 September, and at 7:45pm on Tue 29 Sept. There are no matinee performance on Wed 2, Sat 5 and Wed 9 Sept.)

 

Past imperfect. Present tense. 

 

FUTURE CONDITIONAL tackles the conundrum of British schooling through a myriad of characters including parents, teachers, and Alia, a prodigiously bright young Pakistani refugee and the newest member of the Education Commission. There are big questions to answer: how do we make the system fair? Do we even want to try? And is anyone ready to take lessons from a schoolgirl…?

 

Written by acclaimed playwright Tamsin Oglesby (THE MOUSE AND HIS CHILD; REALLY OLD, LIKE 45), FUTURE CONDITIONAL proves that when it comes to education, we’ve all got a lot to learn.