Punk Rock
17th - 21st September 2025
Meat Market
“Everything human beings do finishes up bad in the end. Everything good human beings ever make is built on something monstrous. Nothing lasts. We certainly won’t ...”
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William Carlisle has the world at his feet but its weight on his shoulders. He is intelligent, articulate and f***ked. In the library of a fee-paying grammar school, William and his fellow Sixth-Formers are preparing for their mock A-Levels while navigating the pressures of teenage life. They are educated and aspirational young people, but step-by-step, the dislocation, disjunction and latent aggression is
revealed.
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“Where the feedback is louder than the truth.”
Set in a grammar school library in Stockport, England, Punk Rock follows a group of sixth-form students as they navigate the mounting pressures of exams, relationships, identity, and an uncertain future. As tensions simmer and the cracks in their carefully constructed worlds begin to show, the play builds to a devastating crescendo that forces audiences to confront the consequences of silence, neglect, and societal pressure.
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Directed by Jay Wood, this production brings Lunatix Theatre’s trademark raw energy and youthful urgency to a play that has never felt more relevant. In a time where mental health, violence, and the complexity of identity are front and centre in public discourse, Punk Rock cuts deep — daring audiences to question how we listen, how we support, and how we fail the next generation.