Down the Road

Down the Road by award-winning playwright Lee Blessing is set to open at Playhouse East, a newly established independent theatre and creative arts hub in the heart of East London. The production will run from 4th to 29th March 2025. 

Winner of the Great American Play Award, Down the Road premiered in 1989 at La Jolla Playhouse, California. This production marks the play’s first UK revival since 2003. Playwright Lee Blessing has been widely celebrated for his work, with Time Magazine hailing him as ‘America’s most imaginative playwright on public issues’.

Down the Road tells the story of a true-blue, journalist couple, hired to interview Bill Reach, a young, sadistic serial killer, for his tell-all book. With dreams of starting their own family and hopes of this being their big break, Iris and Dan are drawn closer into Reach's chilling yet alluring orbit and unwittingly take their work home with them. When grisly tales captivate and shock value sells, how will Dan and Iris navigate the fine line between journalistic integrity and glorifying the actions of Bill Reach?