Ziggy Heath stars in David Edgar’s political thriller ‘The New Real’ at the RSC

‘So here’s the offer. To run a highly ethical campaign for a candidate you really can believe in, actually. In a place that needs you. Now.’

It’s the 2000s. We’re in a faraway country. Rachel, a stellar American political strategist, and Caro, her British data whizz, have been hired to fight a ferocious election, in a place where it’s hard to tell what’s real and what’s fake.

They think they’re here to teach the Eastern Europeans how to do democracy, but it turns out they’re here to learn. And when Rachel’s former political partner Larry rocks up on the rival side, their showdown threatens to change global politics, from Warsaw to Wisconsin. Forever.

At a time of epoch-changing elections on both sides of the Atlantic, Holly Race Roughan directs ‘The New Real’, David Edgar’s epic, panoramic play about how the political fault-line was redrawn. An origin story, for right now.

Don’t miss L&C’s wonderful Ziggy Heath in ‘The New Real’ at the RSC Straford Upon Avon until 2nd November.