Shajenthran’s brother has been attacked and now he\'s out for revenge. Danielle’s teenage crush on a pop idol develops into an illicit relationship, ‘professional mentoring’ becoming something much darker. June has spent twenty years serving the private needs of the super wealthy, but her new assignments confront her with the questions she’s spent a lifetime running from.

When their paths cross it is not something any of them will forget. Filled with love, coercion, loneliness and obsession, Little Echoes takes you through the city as you’ve never seen it before. A city of deep shadows, darker intentions, and where anything can change in the night…

“Emotionally devastating... profound and compelling.” Get The Chance ★★★★★

“A tightly observed portrayal of a disparate group of people… Little Echoes is not an easy watch, but it is, without doubt, a strongly conceived and executed exposition of mistrust, abuse and intimidation - theatrical sophistication and performances like this don’t come along every day.” The Review Chap ★★★★

\"Cleverly written… eerily chilling… proves entirely gripping”
London Pub Theatres ★★★★

\"Beautiful and haunting… compelling … This ultimately moving production makes uncomfortable viewing.”
Theatre and Arts Reviews ★★★★

Love London Love Culture Pick of the Week; RECOMMENDED The Prickle.

What if when you came up for air, the world you once knew was gone?

NHS therapist Luc is fine. Honest. She’s definitely not overwhelmed by meeting Owen, a new client, definitely not freaked out by what she’s started seeing, definitely doesn’t think her reality has been punctured and something else is leaking in. Luc goes for a swim and feels a hand dragging her down to the bottom of the lake… When she surfaces, her reality is different.

She’s haunted by tormented mice, shape-shifting shadows and secrets she thought she’d buried. As she hunts for Owen through this upside down world she comes closer to her past and the truth she’s desperately hidden.

Papatango Prize Winner Tom Powell’s breath-taking new thriller examines hallucinations, neurodivergence and the state of mental health care.

“Surreal, evocative, and empathetic.” NorthWestEnd ★★★★★
“A magical odyssey.” The Reviews Hub ★★★★
“Mesmerising.” Liam O’Dell ★★★★
“Fascinating.” LondonTheatre1 ★★★★
“Profound.” A Young(ish) Perspective ★★★★
“Haunting.” West End With Me ★★★★
“Haunting and poignant.” One Show At A Time ★★★★

Longer quotes:
“A magical odyssey… one which is absorbing, heart-breaking, with a vulnerability and such brutal honesty and insight, that it feels as if it were written by someone with a true and deep understanding of trauma and therapy.” The Reviews Hub ★★★★
“A blending of strong performances and cutting-edge technology to create a profoundly immersive experience.
Thursday night at the Omnibus Theatre, I had the pleasure of watching Surfacing, an incredible play written by Tom Powell…Surfacing is not about sentimentality. It is a raw and honest portrayal of mental health. This play is a powerful call for kindness and a critique of current mental health treatment norms, encouraging us to look beyond the surface. If you ever have the chance to see this extraordinary play, don’t miss it.” A Young(ish) Perspective ★★★★
“Surfacing is an intense, unique and creative play. The complex themes within the play are represented with such vulnerability, providing a haunting and poignant piece of theatre that remains in the mind even after leaving the theatre, an impact that cannot be understated.” One Show At A Time ★★★★

“Nottingham Playhouse was buzzing on Friday night, and you could be forgiven for thinking that everyone was there to see the James Graham’ play Punch.
But it wasn’t the only theatrical treat that night, as Surfacing, written by Tom Powell and directed by Asylum Arts' Stephen Bailey (of The Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man), was on, for one night only, in the Playhouse's smaller Neville Studio, and easily held its own against the strong competition.
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If you have felt as if no one was listening, you will find echo’s here and for me, the story between the two characters highlighted the commonality of our vulnerabilities. It was evocative of the term created by the psychologist Carl Jung who talked of the wounded healer and the shared trauma that exists within and between therapists and clients. Never falling into sentimentality, the play mirrors the complex layers of a mental health crisis. It is a call out for human kindness and challenges current mental health treatment norms. It asks us not to look away from what may be below the surface.” Left Lion
“A GRIPPING play with insightful, personal, and focused commentary on mental health, Surfacing on tour at the Mercury Theatre was great to watch and a play that stays with you.” Colchester Gazette

Ben and Daize are teenagers either side of a county line. Drug runner and daughter of an addict. As the adult world around them becomes deadly dangerous, do these natural enemies have it in them to save each other?

The Silence and The Noise captures the story of two young people on the edge.

Papatango/ETT production:

"Dark and dangerous... a modest masterpiece." The Stage ★★★★★

"Makes a significant impact... Powell's script has a softness to it without sacrificing authenticity in the tension and characterisation... ingenious and spectacular."
Reviews Hub ★★★★

Pentabus/Rural Media production:

"A delicate, wretched love story that builds its tenderness and tragedy to an almost epic quality." The Guardian ★★★★

"Powell's script keeps you watching and guessing... Raw, brutal, twisted, and full of rich wordplay." Broadway World ★★★★

"Showcases the best traits of film and theatre." Breaking the Fourth Wall ★★★★★

"Perfect." Rhys Reviews ★★★★★

Full review from The Stage:

The best of the bunch, though, is Tom Powell’s two-hander The Silence and the Noise (★★★★★). Directed by George Turvey, it tenderly tracks a series of meetings between Ant, a county-lines drug-runner boisterously voiced by Aldous Ciokajlo-Squire, and Daize, the distraught daughter of Ant’s local, addicted dealer, played by Shakira Riddell-Morales. Beetle, Ant’s shadowy, sinister boss, lurks menacingly off stage.

Ant and Daize’s relationship deepens through entertaining joking and jousting, as Powell understatedly brings the background drama to a boil. Ciokajlo-Squire and Riddell-Morales have a lovely chemistry, and when the denouement does arrive, they both heartbreakingly reveal who their characters are underneath – two troubled, terrified teenagers in a dark and dangerous world, yearning for safety and solace. A modest masterpiece.