The Winterling

A Studio Theatre Production

By Jez Butterworth
Directed by Hieronymus Glover

Loyalty is dangerous when the past never stays buried.

From the award-winning writer of Jerusalem comes The Winterling. Exiled gangster Len West has fled the city and taken refuge in a derelict farmhouse on Dartmoor. Out here in the freezing wilderness, he is trying to build a strange new kingdom among the moor’s misfits. But the past refuses to stay buried.

When West’s former associate arrives from London—with an eager young recruit in tow—old debts and betrayals return to haunt him. As the night deepens and tensions rise, the group must confront a choice between two very different worlds.

With razor-sharp dialogue and dark humour, The Winterling is a gripping comic-thriller about loyalty, power and survival.

Audience quotes from our past productions:
(Nineteen Eighty Four, May 2025) “Dark, disturbing, but so prophetic.”
(She Stoops to Conquer, December 2025) “A fabulously enjoyable show!”