The English Game

About the Show

The Nightwatchmen: an amateur London cricket team, making up for in enthusiasm what they lack in ability.

As they gather on a sunny Sunday to face Bernard and his ethnically diverse and highly talented squad, Will, Thiz, Clive and their team-mates spend the day smoking, drinking tea and discussing love, politics and the correct interpretation of the LBW law…

Headlong Theatre presents Richard Bean’s new play, exploring the modern British psyche through the powerful lens of a simple game of cricket.