The Cull

A powerful piece. I loved all of the sharp humour and slow creeping tension that builds through it. The cull itself and the threat of the forest fire is such a provocative frame for the story. And so many poignant moments. I can't wait to see the play again in its next iteration!

Scott Button

Who doesn’t love a story about a dinner party that goes sideways? Easy conversations that slide into heated debates then an absolute free-for-all. Hurt feelings. Anger. Tears. Noisy exits. Fun to watch, never to host. Playwrights Riml and St. John Smith give us all this plus consumerism, entitlement, climate change and, yes, the culling of wolves…an ear and eye-popping minimalist production that throws all the attention on the script and performance. It’s so clean and so tight.

Jo Ledingham

The Cull addresses an interesting dilemma: can lifelong friends remain friends when they discover they no longer – or perhaps never did – share the same values and don’t live by the same moral code?

Jo Ledingham