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Do Not Attempt This Conversation

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The Hope Theatre, LondonWednesday 22. July 2026 7pmFrom £16
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Nneka is a resident doctor finishing a late shiftanother unrelenting and dangerously understaffed work day. Typical.

Nneka is a resident doctor finishing a late shiftanother unrelenting and dangerously understaffed work day. Typical. Just as she is about to leave, she is suddenly asked to lead a Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR) conversation with the relative of a patient she has never met, and about a patient she doesn't know, all under intense time pressure.Set entirely within this single encounter, the play exposes the emotional dissonance, absurdity, and dark humour of end-of-life decision-making in a healthcare system stretched to breaking point.As healthcare services continue to operate under relentless strain, life-altering conversations are increasingly delivered in rushed, imperfect circumstances by exhausted clinicians. This play invites the audience to sit inside one such moment as a fly on the wall, witnessing the collision of grief, bureaucracy, compassion, and detachmentand asking what it really means to remain humane within an inhumane system.Running time: Approximately 60 minutesLATECOMERS MAY NOT BE ADMITTED.
UNDER 18s ARE NOT PERMITTED INTO THE THEATRE FOR THIS PERFORMANCE.
No re-admittance once the performance has commenced. Refunds and exchanges are not available.

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