Shootout

“I’ll tell them. I’ll tell them what you did” John has always been in the shadow of his older brother, Simon. Their constant rivalry on the football pitch as children follows them into adulthood, where their game of outdoing each other warps from penalties and scrapping into broken relationships, jealousy and violence.

Niall McNamee’s debut play is a dark examination of the toxicity of envy, and the emptiness it leaves in its wake.