Poster for 'Square(D)’ featuring a red background with a large dark handprint made of small white human icons, a black burst with a white rabbit silhouette in the center.

Square(d) By David Furlong

A grunge farce, the most chaotic form of theatre

New Wimbledon Studio

Directed by Francesca Seeley

“Very entertaining with a reminiscence of ShallowGrave.” Nuala Calvi (freelance journalist for The Guardian - The Stage)


Live projections and a Live rabbit

Three people in a room, two men facing someone with his back to the audience. They appear to be in a serious conversation, looking concerned and skeptical. There are silhouettes on a screen behind them.

Square(d) is a farce. Four friends realize over one evening that they have the same comfort, same meaningless life, and same lover! Through a series of rare disasters, the unbelievable makes them question themselves. Their lives take a u-turn, for better, or for worse? Square(d) is a comedy about adults facing doubts in a credit-crunch era. What happens when they realize that the goals and dreams they’ve pursued half their lives aren’t really fulfilling? What is the purpose of a consumerist society?  

Why is your phone so tiny? Why do you own a rabbit as a pet? Do you really need an electric barbecue? Square(d)’s design is inspired by a single shot from the movie Fight Club where a character walks in a catalogue page. It’s a play about consumerism. Square(d) takes us deep into the madness of the situation as farces really are the most chaotic form of theatre! Influenced by “In yer face theatre” from the nineties, Tarantino, and grunge music, Square(d) is an edgy and funny way of looking at questions that people ask themselves today.

Two men stand in front of a projection screen displaying a diagram of two human figures facing each other, with an red circle between them
A person standing onstage, holding a rifle, with a large projected image of a red and black inkblot on a screen or wall behind them.

Creative Team

Directed by Francesca Seeley

Translated by Benedict Cooper

Production design by Mike Lees 

Produced by Fanny Dulin and Benedict Cooper

With Duncan Barrett, David Furlong, Stephen Leask, Toby Manley, and the Rabbit 

In partnership with the Creature Company (Pet Shop)

Selected as part of the Fresh Ideas season

Four people in a room, three standing and one sitting, engaged in conversation. The person sitting is gesturing with their hand, and the three standing are looking at them. The person on the left is holding a rifle.