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Young men are dying and everyone assumes they're just casualties of London's chemsex scene. Everyone, that is, but Anthony, who is determined to investigate.
Christopher Adams' play Tumulus is a chilling, queer play-noir set amongst the shadowy hills of Hampstead Heath.
It was first performed as part of the 2018 VAULT Festival, London.
Also available in the collection Plays from VAULT 3.
Christopher Adams' play Tumulus is a chilling, queer play-noir set amongst the shadowy hills of Hampstead Heath.
It was first performed as part of the 2018 VAULT Festival, London.
Also available in the collection Plays from VAULT 3.
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Christopher Adams
Christopher Adams is a British-American playwright. He has received short-play commissions from the Royal Court and Theatre503, and his plays Lynchburg (2013) and Haunts (2015) made the top-forty list for the Bruntwood Prize. His adaptation of Antigone recently toured nationally with Actors of Dionysus. He has been a member of the Royal Court Young Writers’ Programme, Studio Writers’ Group, Orange Tree Writers’ Collective, the Arcola Writers’ Group, and Playdate.
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