A thrilling play inspired by the true-crime story of the Slenderman.

Soph and her best friend Jel love scary stories and hunt for the best online. But then new girl Ellie turns up at school with one of her own.

Tatty Hennessy's play Something Awful was first staged at VAULT Festival, London, in 2020.



Tatty Hennessy is an award-winning playwright, dramaturg and director. She is a graduate of the Royal Court Young Writers Programme. Previous plays include F Off (National Youth Theatre, Udderbelly); A Hundred Words for Snow (Trafalgar Studios); The Snow Queen (Theatre N16) and All That Lives (Ovalhouse).



'Compelling... a layered and perceptive take on the dangers of today's world'



'Hennessy has very creatively taken an already compelling story, and crafted it in to an even more suspenseful tale, with young people and the challenges they face at its heart'