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Orange Tree Theatre2024

Red Speedo

The Production

The Orange Tree Theatre staged the UK premiere of Lucas Hnath’s Red Speedo in co-production with David Adkin, led by Finn Cole as elite swimmer Ray. This taut moral thriller turns a doping discovery at a swimming club into a high-pressure clash between ambition, loyalty and self-preservation.

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Director: Matthew Dunster
Lighting Design: Sally Ferguson
Set Design: Anna Fleischle, Cat Fuller
Costume Design: Cat Fuller
Sound Design: Holly Khan
Commissioned by: Orange Tree Theatre, in co-production with David Adkin
Photography: Steve Gregson

Black cup on blue tile-patterned paper with tiny swimmer figures on a wooden surface.

Crowd mingling in a brick-walled Orange Tree Theatre foyer lined with show posters.

Two people embrace in the theatre foyer as others queue beside signs for upper and lower levels.

Rows of filled wine glasses beside a Red Speedo flyer on a warmly lit bar.

People chat with drinks in the brick-walled foyer beneath framed theatre posters.

Crowds gather outside the lit Orange Tree Theatre entrance at dusk.

A person in a black blazer stands beside a large Red Speedo poster with a blue pool pattern.

People collect drinks at a busy bar with rows of wine glasses and theatre posters on the wall.

Three people laugh and pose for a phone selfie in the theatre foyer.

A person in a blue shirt gestures toward a Red Speedo poster on a brick wall.

Three people chat with drinks by a brick wall and a What's On 2024 poster.

Group gathered at a bar with drinks and order screens, Red Speedo posters visible behind.

Two people sit on stairs holding cans beneath a Theatre Lower Level sign.

People talk with cans beside a Red Speedo wall poster in a brick-walled foyer.

Four people converse in front of a Red Speedo poster; one gestures while holding a wine glass.

Orange Tree Theatre exterior at night, with people gathered on the pavement and steps.

Two people talk in a crowded foyer beside a Red Speedo poster and drinks table.

Crowded brick-walled foyer with posters, drinks and people talking under track lighting.

Smiling attendee in a patterned shirt stands before Orange Tree Theatre posters on a brick wall.

Attendees chat and laugh with drinks beside a basket of bright paper fans in a brick-walled foyer.

Two people pose with arms around each other on a busy terrace outside a red-brick building.

Group chatting on the lit Orange Tree Theatre entrance balcony, with red welcome and theatre signs.

Person in a white shirt stands arms crossed beside a Red Speedo wall graphic with blue pool pattern.

Crowd talking and holding drinks in the warmly lit entrance area at Orange Tree Theatre.

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