Room (play)

Room
Written by
Date premiered10 May 2017 (2017-05-10)
Place premieredTheatre Royal Stratford East, London
Original languageEnglish
GenreDrama

Room is a play with songs based on the 2010 novel of the same name by Emma Donoghue, which was also adapted into a 2015 film of the same name. It tells the story of Ma, who was kidnapped as a teenager and locked inside a room for seven years by her captor. Longing to find a way out and escape, Ma is trapped with her five-year-old son, Jack, who has no concept of the world outside.