A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD Begins Tonight at Jermyn Street Theatre

Jonathan Lewis's new play A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD begins tonight, April 14, at the Jermyn Street Theatre and runs through May 9, 2015. Chris Popert directs for Banter Productions and Jermyn Street.

Joe Layton, who appears in BBC3's TATAU, joins Jack Bass, Isabella Caley, Eve Delaney, Christian Hines, Abe Lewis, Jojo Macari, India Opzoomer, Finlay Stroud, Joe Taylor and Lydia Williams in the company.

In the music room of a top fee-paying London school, a group of 18-year-olds must sit out an hour of "isolation" to cover a clash of exams and avoid the risk of cheating. But their supervising teacher has failed to turn up. In dealing with the dilemmas of the situation, the pupils gradually reveal a darker side to the pressures they are under.

An 11-strong teenage cast will portray their own generation in this roller-coaster tale of hope, identity and shattered dreams. A hilariously frightening take on the aspirations of the so-called 'Me Me Me Generation', this dark new comedy blows the debate on educational values wide open in the authentic voice of those for whom it matters most - the kids.

Jonathan Lewis' debut play Our Boys won the Writer's Guild Award for Best New Fringe Play in 1993 and was revived in 2012 at the West End's Duchess Theatre featuring Laurence Fox, Matthew Lewis and Arthur Darvill in the cast. Lewis co-wrote and starred in the one man show I Found My Horn, based on Jasper Rees' book of the same name, which opened to critical acclaim in 2008. It subsequently toured the UK and had a run at the Hampstead Theatre in 2009 before coming to the Trafalgar Studios in the West End in 2014. Jonathan is in the Touring Consortium's production of Arthur Miller's A View from a Bridge now through 2 May.