Blackout is the true story of a 15-year-old boy who had committed a violent crime, and who tries to piece together the events in his life that have brought him into a secure care unit, and threaten to keep him there.

This short play was part of the National Theatre’s New Connections programme, which commissions plays about, and for young people, and was presented to critical acclaim at the Royal National Theatre.

It’s a hard hitting play about getting bullied, fighting back, doing something stupid, losing everything, then finding your way again.