ready or not

Regret and loss collide with fear and paranoia in a distorted reality fed by 24 hour global newsfeeds, blogs and chat rooms.

Spring 2017
Ready or Not

by Naylah Ahmed

Ready Or Not was a response to the distortions and constant media feeding created by the so called war on terror. ‘In the 16 years since 9/11, so much has changed; paranoia has grown, the ‘us’ and ‘them’ rhetoric gathers pace, and 24/7 news coverage in the post-truth era now provides a soundtrack to our lives.

The war on terror has left countries and peoples ravished with untold numbers of non-combatants killed – untold because they’re uncounted. Ready or Not explores these themes in a domestic setting where three characters deal with their own personal battles within this wider global context.’

  • ★★★★ "Ready Or Not is a thought-provoking political thriller that questions our concepts of war and terror.”

    —London Theatre

  • ★★★ “Ahmed has packed this play with ideas not just about the clash of civilizations but about motherhood, guilt, teaching and more.”

    —Everything Theatre

  • ★★★ “Ready or Not is an ambitious black comedy which thrives in its darker moments… the violence is gripping for its plausibility … Pat, is played as steely nerves coming undone by a superb Joan Blackham…. a story of grief and the latent fear of otherness… real and cutting observations of growing up Muslim in a country unhappy to see you”

    —The Independent

  • "Ahmed’s neat inversion of terrorist tropes is inspired"

    –Fringe Review, RECOMMENDED SHOW

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