Foam

<p>1974, a public lavatory. Nicky shaves his head, watched by an older man.</p><p>Publicly, Nicky is a skinhead. And a neo-Nazi. But right now, in this place, that doesn''t matter. This is not the first man Nicky has met in a public toilet, and he won''t be the last…</p><p>Spanning twenty years and inspired by a true story, <em>Foam</em> examines the nature of identity and the consequences of right-wing extremist ideology against the backdrop of London''s skinhead and gay scenes of the 1970s and 1980s.</p><p>Colliding the terrifyingly personal and the violently political, Harry McDonald''s play Foam was first performed at the Finborough Theatre, London, in 2024, directed by Matthew Iliffe.</p>