Foam (NHB Modern Plays)

1974, a public lavatory. Nicky shaves his head, watched by an older man. Publicly, Nicky is a skinhead. And a neo-Nazi. But right now, in this place, that doesn't matter. This is not the first man Nicky has met in a public toilet, and he won't be the last... Spanning twenty years and inspired by a true story, Foam examines the nature of identity and the consequences of right-wing extremist ideology against the backdrop of London's skinhead and gay scenes of the 1970s and 1980s. Colliding the terrifyingly personal and the violently political, Harry McDonald's play Foam was first performed at the Finborough Theatre, London, in 2024, directed by Matthew Iliffe.

Harry McDonald is a playwright whose work includes: Foam (Finborough Theatre, London, 2024) and Don't Smoke in Bed (VAULT Festival, 2023). His short fiction has been published by Another North, and he has also created work for the Liverpool Everyman's Love Liverpool project. Between 2016-2019, he published a blog of theatre criticism.