Ravers

SHOWING FROM Thu 06 Mar - Sat 08 Mar 2025

Beware! They’re young, they’re awkward and usually they’re excited for an evening of Dungeons and Dragons or robotics club. But tonight, something different is happening. Tonight, the Nerds and Geeks (Neeks) are throwing a Rave.

Ali is determined to host the ultimate rave for social outsiders and face the world as a proper teenager. This is going to be a challenge because they’ve never actually been to a rave before. This will be their rave - they’ll be no drugs, no drinking and absolutely nothing more than hand holding, but what is a rave without them? The Nerds and Geeks are already social rejects what if having a dry rave outside in the middle of autumn only makes it worse? Never mind that, this is their idea, and they’re going to make it happen “cause neeking out together with or without music” will make them fit in… right?

This light-hearted brand-new play invites its audience to consider the world through the eyes of awkward teenagers. What does friendship really mean today, how do we define ourselves, and how do we find our tribe?

Torch Youth Theatre presents Ravers as part of the National Theatre Connections programme.

Rikki Beadle-Blair MBE is a writer, director, composer, choreographer, designer, producer and performer working in film, theatre, television and radio. Having written and directed 40+ plays over the last 20 years along with several feature films, shorts and TV episodes and series, he has won several awards including the Sony Award, the Los Angeles Outfest Screenwriting and Outstanding Achievement awards, plus both an MBE for contributions to drama and an honorary doctor of letters from the University of Warwick. Rikki’s passion for encouraging wellness, creativity and business sense in others has made a committed and effective mentor to a great many writers, actors, composers and directors around the world. As well as hosting the Annual UK Black Pride Event, Rikki has hosted Voguing balls around the country for the last 15 years.