Chatham House Rules

by Louis Rembges

design by Peter Collins

129x198mm

72 pages

softcover

ISBN 978-1-914237-15-7

Host is going to work again.

Front of house, mixologist, cloakroom guardian, finsta meme exec, human signpost, agent provocateur, toilet pointer, TikTok darling – it’s giving range. Hospitality agency work is never as stunning as we want it to be but this shift is particularly deranged. High-profile, secret-cult, Brexit-revenge, dark-web, Birkin-handbag-prices, trial-of-David-Cameron level deranged.

And to make matters worse, we’re not allowed to talk about it. Ever.

Written from his own experience working a nightmare front of house shift at a high-profile tech networking event, the play takes aim at the 1%, the current NHS crisis, and the merciless TikTok vacuum.

A brilliant brain fart of cutting satire. Expertly crafted… at once tense and painful as well as hilariously witty. A clever critique on The Establishment while never seeming too in-your-face
TimeOut

A livid, icky, hilarious portrait of life today in this cruel little kingdom of ours. Louis Rembges is a real writer to watch
Rory Mullarkey

Doubled over with pain and shot through with hilarity… It is rare to find a text so exquisitely crafted
Broadway Baby

Louis Rembges is a Sheffield-born writer and actor living in London. His work has been performed at The Pleasance, VAULTS, Brixton Jamm, Brixton Base, Mountview, The Bunker Theatre and Museum of the Home. He is a member of The Goat Exchange theatre company, performing with them in the UK and internationally. He is an alumni of the Royal Court’s Intro to Playwriting Group and the recipient of the BOLD 2023 Playwriting Prize. Recent credits include: Brick? Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Provincetown Town Hall, US); and Portrait of Jason (VAULTS Festival). As a writer: It’s Raining on Prom Night (BOLD Studios); On Railton Road (Museum of the Home); and Facehugger (Mountview).

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