Labyrinth
by Beth Steel

"A racily exciting work that offers the most compelling theatrical study of high finance since Lucy Prebble’s Enron - Guardian

"A fizzing play by the ultra-talented Beth Steel… There’s a great vroom vroom to this play, an energy that lifts it out of the ordinary."

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The Times

1978, New York.

John Anderson is barely out of college and has landed himself a job on Wall Street.

His dreams of unimaginable wealth, travel and power are made a reality as he jets around the globe selling loans to developing countries eager to borrow.

And there are plenty – Mexico, Brazil, Argentina…

But cracks in the banks’ excessive lending strategy soon start to show.

Despite the warning signs – and their consciences – John and his colleagues continue to pursue their targets, threatening to leave them all financially, and morally, bankrupt.

Labyrinth premiered at Hampstead Theatre, London, in September 2016.