THEATRE

Sanctuary

Daniel Hinchliffe presents Jacob Sparrow's Debut Play

Venue

Pleasance Dome

Dates

5–31 Aug 2026

Time

4:00pm · 60min

Price

from £8

Sanctuary, the debut play from Jacob Sparrow, is the winner of the inaugural Leodis Prize, a new playwriting competition. This beautiful, evocative play is about the AIDS epidemic in the 90s and is set in Suffolk. It is about loneliness and the legacy of shame, but also the contours of hope and the right to live. It is about the lack of blueprint queer people get for themselves and the mistakes they make in having to forge their own heritage. Sanctuary is about safety and where we allow ourselves to feel safe.