Out of Joint, the Bush Theatre and Exeter Northcott Theatre present

Ciphers

2013-14

“Most of what she told me about herself is a cover story. She is a British Intelligence Officer. How far would she go to get information out of me? The answer is, quite far.”

A young woman is found dead. Her sister sets out to find out what happened, and stumbles into a world of secrets and subterfuge that makes her question who Justine really was. How well can you ever know someone who lies for a living?

REVIEWS

“An ingenious thriller about spies, surveillance and doubleness, immaculately staged by Blanche McIntyre”
-Guardian

“An impressively fluent and dynamic piece of theatre… a play that relentlessly exposes the extent to which life itself – identity, personality, family, love, hate, desire, even work – becomes increasingly meaningless, when people… gradually lose all contact with the sharp and beautiful tang of truth”
-The Scotsman

“With its twists and turns and its dark secrets, this is a play that thrills”
-Daily Telegraph

ORIGINAL TRAILER

AUDIENCE REACTION

CAST & CREATIVES

Cast: Bruce Alexander, Ronny Jhutti, Grainee Keenan, Shereen Martin

Director: Blance McIntyre
Designer: James Perkins
Lighting Designer: Gary Bowman
Sound Designer: Gregory Clarke

PERFORMANCES

Exeter Northcott Theatre
16 – 19 October 2013

Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
22 – 26 October 2013

Tobacco Factory Theatre, Bristol
29 October – 2 November 2013

Oxford Playhouse
6 – 9 November 2013

Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh
12 – 16 November 2013

Warwick Arts Centre
19 – 23 November 2013

Bush Theatre, London  
14 January – 8 February 2014

Salisbury Playhouse
11 – 15 February 2014