Burying your brother in the pavement by Jack Thornes

Burying your brother in the pavement tackles the complex themes of grief, family and sexuality. The play was written by Jack Thornes, who also wrote Skins, Shameless, the script for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and most recently the film Enola Holmes. Having made its way through the National Theatre Connections Festival in 2008, it now holds a central place within the canon for challenging plays for young people, youth theatres and schools.

With a mix of carefully crafted characters, settings and contexts, this play challenges the audience to rethink their relationships with those closest to them. Do we know people as we say we do? Should we get to know them more? When someone says they are fine, do they really mean that? Do we make the space for those closest to us to speak openly, truthfully and confidently?