The Wolves of Saint Matthew's
Faith didn’t pay the bills. The Euromillions did. West London priest Father Kit Breakwater was meant to save souls, not slip notes from the parish pot. But with bills mounting, a frozen church boiler, and a crippling gambling addiction, he’s been taking more than just confessions from his parishioners. Then one night, a £21 million lottery win changes everything - and Kit is thrust into a moral freefall. Should he use the winnings to put things right... or bury the truth forever? The Wolves of Saint Matthew’s is a sharp, darkly funny, and blisteringly contemporary one-man play about power, guilt, addiction, and faith in crisis. Expect rave anthems, gospel hymns, and a priest who’s one sermon away from total collapse. Blending pulpit and performance, beat drops and Bible verses, it’s Fleabag meets Breaking Bad - with a dog collar.
Cast & Creatives
Writer & Director: James Wood
Father Kit Breakwater - Lawrence Harp
Date & Time: Monday 13th October @9pm
Running Time: 60mins
Content warnings: Age 16+ Strong language throughout. Discussions and depictions of gambling addiction. References to clerical abuse and institutional corruption within the Catholic Church. Descriptions of sexual activity and references to sex work. Blackmail and coercion. Death.
Latecomers may not be admitted. Ticket purchases are non refundable.
Concession prices apply to students; under 18s; pensioners; those on disability and unemployment benefits; Equity, BECTU & SDUK members.
Venue
Venue: The Bread and Roses Theatre
Home of The Lambeth Fringe, The Bread & Roses, is an award-winning and innovative fringe pub theatre.
A 50-seat fringe venue above The Bread & Roses Pub, the theatre programs a wide-spread variety of productions for local as well as far-reaching audiences. Equality, diversity and artistic quality are at the forefront of the theatre's programming, which features in-house productions as well as many visiting companies. The theatre regularly hosts touring shows and has worked with award-winning ensembles with decades of experience but also frequently welcomes and supports emerging theatre-makers taking their first steps. The programme includes new writing, contemporary revivals, reinvented classics and occasionally also devised work, improvisational theatre, comedy events, family shows and physical theatre.
Theatre: Capacity 50, full rig, lighting desk and sound system. Projector and mics hireable.
Perfect for: Theatre, new-writing, WIP, solo shows and boundary pushing work.
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