A woman crawls or kneels low on a blue-lit stage floor, reaching downward into the pool of light.

Finborough Theatre2024

Jab

The Production

The world premiere of James McDermott’s Jab was presented by Free Run Productions in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre. A sharp contemporary black comedy, the production follows Anne and Don’s imploding marriage under COVID lockdown, confronting power, gender, domestic violence and conspiracy thinking.

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Director: Scott Le Crass
Lighting Design: Jodie Underwood
Set & Costume Design: Leah Kelly
Commissioned by: Free Run Productions in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre
Photography: Steve Gregson

Two performers sit side by side in wooden chairs, the woman gesturing with a glass while the man looks on under warm stage light.

A woman smiles down at a phone, her face lit by bright blue screen light against a dark background.

A wide blue-lit stage shows two performers seated apart beneath a row of bright overhead lamps.

A woman sits tightly folded in a chair with her arms crossed, her face tense against a dark stage background.

A man lifts a metal kettle high with an open-mouthed expression as a woman reaches up toward it in a dynamic struggle.

A woman leans in to kiss a seated man, both holding drinks in a warm pool of stage light.

A woman in a purple robe speaks on a phone beside a wall, her shadow sharply cast behind her.

The two performers recline back-to-back across adjoining chairs, arms extended with glasses in hand.

A man smiles down as he pours liquid from a bottle into a glass in a tight warm-lit frame.

A woman stands facing a bald man in the foreground, the space between them charged by tense stillness.

A man laughs or sings into a bottle while holding a glass, isolated against the dark stage.

A wide view of the stage shows a woman at a tall curtained window, framed by chairs and dim warm light.

A woman lies on her side with a phone to her ear, one hand tangled in her hair in a tight horizontal frame.

A woman sprawls on the stage floor with an open-mouthed expression while a man sits behind her near chairs and a glass.

A woman looks intently at a bald man leaning toward her in a close, confrontational exchange.

Two performers sit far apart in a blue-lit stage space, separated by darkness and empty floor.

A woman laughs and reaches forward from her chair as a seated man behind her falls softly out of focus.

The performers sit back-to-back on chairs facing opposite directions, their bodies divided by a strong diagonal pool of light.

A woman raises a glass near her mouth while a man’s head and shoulder blur in the foreground.

A woman extends both arms with a glass in one hand while a man turns away behind her under cool overhead lights.

A woman sits facing forward with a faint smile while the bald head and shoulder of a man blur large in the foreground.

A woman stands in shadow holding a glass with one arm extended as a man sits farther back in the warm-lit room.

A woman points accusingly at a man as they stand facing each other on the sparse stage.

A bald man sits alone in a chair across the stage, seen past the blurred shoulder and head of a woman in the foreground.

A seated man grins while raising a metal teapot or kettle beside a woman who reacts beside him.

A bald man sits centered with hands clasped while a woman stands behind him near a wooden chair.

A woman presses patterned fabric to her face beside a man’s torso in a tight vertical composition.

A woman stands beside a curtained window looking out at the blue evening light beyond the stage.

A woman sits rigidly in a chair while a man turns away behind her, both held in low, moody stage light.

Seen from behind, a woman opens the curtains of a tall window onto deep blue evening light outside.

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