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“A fiercely intellectual, Chekhovian tragicomedy that grapples with the most urgent question of our age: how to live an ethical life on a planet in peril…a compelling, often very funny, and deeply necessary piece of theatre.” –Theatre and Tonic
Lip and Ruth have left the city behind for a new life on a farm. They’re trying to live differently, live better. But when Ruth’s stepdaughter and her incendiary best friend arrive, this quiet rural project is thrown into chaos, as conflicting visions of the future come crashing into the present.
Poignant and powerful, Mike Bartlett’s play Juniper Blood explores the true cost of pursuing our ideals in an imperfect world.
"A play that holds a mirror up to the gaping chasm between idealism and pragmatism…Bartlett’s dialogue is always scorching, and as ever he does a fine job of making the political personal."
–Time Out
“Bartlett masterfully weds levity through social satire with complexity and depth of subject matter…a state-of-the-world drama, grappling with the very real and prevailing despair over how to live, fix the climate crisis, and find collective hope.”
–Guardian
“Utterly absorbing…a questing, knotty, philosophical piece.”
–WhatsOnStage
“A masterful exploration of land, labor and legacy, balancing intimate human drama with urgent existential enquiry…a story that feels both ancient and utterly contemporary.”
–Reviews Hub
“Mike Bartlett is a chronicler of both contemporary manners and of the state of the nation…Juniper Blood is a play of ideas.”
–The Arts Desk
“Fiercely timely…Bartlett’s ability to dig deep into a rich subject with flair and wit is again to the fore.”
–Telegraph
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.