Thrown By Giants script read.

Thrown By Giants script read.

  • Ages 14+

Doors open 2pm, Reading starts 2.30pm.

By Meryl O'Rourke

Date and time

Wednesday, July 16 · 2:30 - 5pm GMT+1.

Location

The Glitch

134 Lower Marsh London SE1 7AE United Kingdom

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event

About this event

  • Event lasts 2 hours 30 minutes
  • Ages 14+
  • No venue parking

1940, a panicked war government ships thousands of Holocaust escapee women to a seaside prison camp.


Stuffed into boarding houses, this random bundle of refugees and the odd devout Nazi, live in suspension where an ice cream sundae comes with a side order of barbed wire.

Separated from relatives, careers and homes by Hitler, then husbands and children by Churchill, this is a play about the real humans living inside government decisions, and whether a life without family or home is really any kind of survival…

A work in progress play reading of this new dramatic work by renowned Jewish writer and comic Meryl O’Rourke, about her mother and grandmother’s arrival in Britain.

An artsdepot/Tsitsit resident piece written with Young Vic Writers.

Welcome to The Glitch for an exciting event: Thrown By Giants script read. Join us on July 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM (Europe/London Timezone). Get ready to dive into the world of Thrown By Giants.

Frequently asked questions

What is a script read?

The cast will be seated reading from scripts, rather than a full scale production.

What is the show length?

The show is 2 hours with a 20 minute interval. 2hours 20 minutes.

Are there any content warnings?

A play about Holocaust refugees will cover difficult topics and Thrown By Giants does not shy away. There are anti semitic and racial slurs, representations of Nazism, war trauma, screams, a missing child and suicide. All plot turns are biographical so there to tell these women's stories.

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