The Last Picture
A quiet conversation. A deafening history.Imagine yourself in a theatre in 2026. Now picture yourself as a Year 9 student on a school trip. And then as a citizen of Europe in 1939 as history takes its darkest turn.
While you imagine, Sam will be by your side. Sam is an emotional support dog. Sam is here to look after you. Sam will keep everyone safe.
This play is about empathy – its power, its limits, and what it asks of us. It’s about our shared past, our present, and the choices we face today.
The Last Picture was selected from over 2,000 entries for the RSC’s 37 Plays in 2023, a national playwriting project to create a new folio of brand new plays.
This play was love at first sight for me. I could read it again and again. Generous, original and powerfully resonant.
Pippa Hill, RSC New Work Team
