A lone seated man is isolated beneath a harsh overhead spotlight, with a prone body partly visible in the darkness at his feet.

King's Head Theatre2025

Grafters

The Production

Grafters was James Goodall’s Stella Wilkie Award-winning East 15 production, presented at King’s Head Theatre as part of its May 2025 late-show programme. The taut one-hour three-hander explores the impact of the drug trade on three young men in Liverpool.

14 photographs in the curated edit

Director: Stanley McElligott
Photography: Steve Gregson

Two men sit apart on a low stage platform in a dark, intimate set, with a third figure dimly visible behind them.

A blond man holds a phone to his ear, sharply lit against two blurred figures in the background.

A handgun in the blurred foreground is pointed at a wide-eyed man in a blue T-shirt against a black stage background.

A man in a blue T-shirt grips a blond man in a dark jacket as a knife is raised beside them in warm side light.

Two men in dark coats confront a man in a blue T-shirt, with one pointing a handgun across the staged room.

A blond man straddles and pins another man to the floor while shouting, with a sofa and scattered objects behind them.

A man sits on the floor among two prone bodies in a cluttered stage room with a sofa and boxes.

A man in a padded dark coat holds a handgun at chest height under focused stage light.

Two men stand face to face in a tight confrontation, their expressions tense under bright theatrical light.

A blond man speaks on a phone in the foreground while two men stand watching from the shadowed stage behind him.

A blond man aims a handgun toward a man in a blue T-shirt at the edge of a small domestic stage set.

A blond man leans over a man reclining on a sofa and points a finger close to his face during a tense exchange.

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