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One of them went on the anti-war protest, shouted their lungs out, then got horrendously and staggeringly drunk. The other stayed at home, watched TV for a bit, and thought about the future.
An Intervention premiered at the Watford Palace Theatre in April 2014, in a co-production with Paines Plough.
"Engaged, entertaining and forthright... not only politically engaged but also fiercely uncompromising in its mission to entertain." - Exeunt Magazine
"Incisive, intimate, closely focused… has Bartlett's astute wit and extraordinary ability to pinpoint the way maturity can suddenly slip away." - Financial Times
"Superb… intensely dramatic." - WhatsOnStage
"Nimble and elegant… [a] smart two-hander." - The Stage
Mike Bartlett is an award-winning playwright whose plays have been seen at theatres including the National Theatre, Royal Court Theatre, Bush Theatre and Sheffield Theatres in the UK, and off-Broadway in New York.
Mike Bartlett is a multi-award-winning writer for both stage and screen. His theatre work includes: Juniper Blood (Donmar Warehouse, 2025); Unicorn (West End, 2025); The 47th (Old Vic, London, 2022); Game (Almeida, 2015); King Charles III (Almeida Theatre and West End, 2014); An Intervention (Paines Plough/Watford, 2014); Chariots of Fire (Hampstead Theatre, 2012); 13 (National Theatre, London, 2011); Earthquakes in London (Headlong and National Theatre, 2010); Love, Love, Love (Paines Plough and Plymouth Theatre Royal, 2010); Cock (Royal Court, 2009; West End, 2022); Artefacts (Bush Theatre and Nabokov, 2008); and My Child (Royal Court, 2007). For television, he’s worked on: Life, Doctor Foster, King Charles III, Sticks and Stones, Trauma, and Press.