'Not everything that matters gets marked'

School.

A world of grades, targets and behaviour points. Bells that split the day into fragments. Success is measured, recorded and compared.

When Covid hits and the system fractures, everything changes.

Factory is an unflinching verbatim play, shaped from the voices inside the classroom - celebrating the lives and creativity within it.

A new play from multi award-winning campaign led arts charity LUNG, performed by our Next Generation Act young company. Next Generation is our long-term talent development programme.

This production is supported by young trainees from Next Generation Direct and Backstage; it was commissioned as part of a series of events to mark 20 years of the RSC's partnership work with schools and communities across England.

Thank you to all of our Associate Schools and Associate Regional Theatres across the country for their contributions to this production.

For more information on the themes and content of the play please visit our content advisory page.

Creatives

Director Matt Woodhead | Costume Designer Reiltin Hart

Next Generation’s Factory is supported by the Halabi Thomaz Foundation

RSC Next Generation is generously supported by the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation, Halabi Thomaz Foundation, John S Cohen Foundation, and Noël Coward Foundation

Next Generation Act Company bursary places are generously supported by The Leverhulme Trust Arts Scholarship