Foal
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A.K. wants to escape the Island. Live a good life. Still the sea draws you back.
When a dreadful secret comes to light, A.K. returns to his home town to confront the shadows of his childhood and put right a terrible wrong. But what about the other version of himself, the one who lives inside his ribcage?
An exhilarating fever dream, Titas Halder's play Foal is a revenge thriller set in the era of the Sony Walkman; a lyrical, urgent new play about masculinity, compassion, and retribution.
It is premiered at the Finborough Theatre, London, in 2026.
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Titas Halder is a writer and theatre director. He is Associate Artistic Director at the Donmar Warehouse, and also performs and records as musical artist Titas and the Fox.
As a writer, his plays include Foal (Finborough Theatre, London, 2026); Replica (National Theatre Connections and Länk Festival Riksteatern, Stockholm); Escape the Scaffold (Theatre503 and The Other Room, Cardiff) and Run the Beast Down (Finborough Theatre, Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, and Strawdog Theatre, Chicago, 2017).
He was nominated for Best Writer at the inaugural The Stage Debut Awards. His play The Basement was a finalist for the Verity Bargate Award.
As a director, his work includes The Lemon Table, co-directed with Michael Grandage (Salisbury Playhouse, and UK tour), A Boy and His Soul (Kiln Theatre) and The Dance of Death (Donmar Trafalgar).
