The House of Shades

Nothing cuts into us like the family knife.

The Webster House.
1965.

Set against the ever-changing industrial landscape of working-class Britain, Beth Steel's revelatory new play spans five decades in the lives, and deaths, of the Webster family.

Nothing cuts into us like the family knife.

The Webster House.
1965. 1979. 1985. 1990. 2016.
Death silences no one, least of all the dead.

Set against the ever-changing industrial landscape of working-class Britain, Beth Steel's revelatory new play spans five decades in the lives, and deaths, of the Webster family.

The House of Shades premiered at the Almeida in May 2022.

Best Play, 2023 Writers' Guild Awards - Shortlisted.

Beth Steel won Most Promising Playwright at the Evening Standard Theatre Awards.

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