'Go on then.



You're sure you want to?



I want to see if you can because I'm sure you can't.'

Has Dex met a conjuror with something up his sleeve – or something much worse?



What did Pete do to afford a second-hand robot?



Dance with Uncle, or what might happen to you?



And… a day that can only get better.

Four biting and brilliant plays by Caryl Churchill, performed together at the Almeida Theatre, London, in 2027, under the title Three and a Bit, directed by James Macdonald.

This volume also includes Triumph, a short play based on Suetonius's The Twelve Caesars: a grim joke about where we are today. It premiered in 2026 as a joint world premiere between the Almeida and The Public Theater in New York City.



'Explosive... Triumph skewers contemporary barbarism without mentioning the names of Trump, Putin or any of the other supposedly strong national leaders... a short, sharp shock of a play that is proof of Churchill's restless experimentalism... [she is] the most pungent theatrical prophet alive today'



'Caryl Churchill is a woman with her finger on the pulse. Her plays have consistently had prophetic powers... Her warnings have only become truer with the passing of time... [Triumph is] utterly chilling... it's at once simple and yet incredibly strong... Most of all Triumph is a reminder of the power of Churchill's imagination: the way her mind makes dramatic leaps and forges links that most people do not see... her voice needs to be heard'



'Caryl Churchill is arguably Britain's greatest living playwright... a new Churchill play remains an event'



'Triumph is a gem. At just 15 minutes long, it's a witty, whip-smart satire which neatly melds Imperial Rome with 21st-century politics'



'Churchill is 88, but her work still feels essential... Triumph is a piercing, conceptually powerful piece, combining terror with hubris and farce on a gothic scale... The running time may be brief, but Triumph is the length it needs to be, no more or less. It takes just 20 minutes to lodge a succession of horrific images firmly in the audience's mind'