katzenmusik (Multiplay Drama)

A darkly comic story about social inequality and upheaval, told in reverse. katzenmusik (German, n.) caterwaul; a shrill howling or wailing noise (of a cat). A viral video, a company capitalising on fear, prank calls, class divide and a cat memorial. The increasing income gap between rich and poor has pushed the residents of Burnside Town to breaking point. katzenmusik was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre, London, by the Royal Court Youth Theatre. Multiplay Drama is an exciting new series of large-cast plays, specifically written to be performed by and appeal to older teenagers and young adults.

Tom Fowler is a graduate of the Playwrighting MA at Royal Holloway. In 2016 he was one of ten writers to be commissioned for the Royal Court's Open Court festival. As part of this, his play Roman Candle was performed in the Jerwood Theatre Upstairs. His subsequent work includes katzenmusik, a commission for the Royal Court Youth Theatre; and Suspicious Minds, a Pleasance co-production for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Suspicious Minds was later produced as a play for BBC Radio 4 starring Susannah Fielding and Tom Mothersdale. He has also participated in an invitational writers' group at the Royal Court led by Alice Birch, and has presented work at several scratch nights including Freshly Scratched (Battersea Arts Centre), A Pleasance Scratch (Pleasance), and Itch + Scratch (Hackney Showrooms).