Porn Play
World Premiere Royal Court Theatre Autumn 2025
Written by Sophia Chetin-Leuner. Directed by Josie Rourke. Starring Ambika Mod
Produced by Charlie Bunker for Impossible Producing
★★★★ ‘Sophia Chetin-Leuner has crafted a deliberately shocking, thoughtful work that’s also funny… the most transgressive thing I’ve experienced on stage since Mark Ravenhill’s Shopping and F*cking in this very theatre in 1996.’ @estheatreandarts
★★★★ The Guardian
★★★★ The Independent
★★★★ Evening Standard
★★★★ London Theatre
★★★★ Financial Times
‘You can’t fight it anymore. So, you give in to your temptation.’
Ani is a dazzling young academic with a secret addiction to violent pornography. As her career and relationships unravel in between lectures on Paradise Lost, can she confront her uncontrollable desires?
Funny, unsettling and honest, Porn Play marks the Royal Court debut of writer Sophia Chetin-Leuner (This Might Not Be It), in a world premiere directed by Josie Rourke (former Artistic Director of both the Donmar Warehouse and Bush Theatre). Starring Ambika Mod (One Day, This Is Going to Hurt).
Porn Play is a co-production with SISTER and was produced by Charlie Bunker for Impossible Producing
CAST: Ambika Mod, Will Close, Lizzy Connolly, Asif Khan
Writer - Sophia Chetin-Leuner
Direction - Josie Rourke
Dramaturg - Gillian Green
Design - Yimei Zhao
Lighting - Mark Henderson
Movement - Wayne McGregor
Sound - Helen Skiera
Casting - Jessica Ronane CDG, Saffeya Shebli
Costume supervisor - Ellen Rey de Castro
Stage Manager - Aime Neeme
Deputy Stage Manager - Charlotte Padgham
Lead producer - Charlie Bunker
A Royal Court Theatre and SISTER co-production.
Sophia Chetin-Leuner is the recipient of The Clare McIntyre Bursary.
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