'Hope? Hope, is that you?'

Years and years ago, Hope disappeared. Now, she's back. To find something she left behind.

But in the People's Republic of Koka Kola – a world of dwindling resources, corruption and corporate giants – what happens to Hope?

A surreal and frenetic quest through a hyper-capitalist country, Tom Fowler's play Hope has a Happy Meal premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in June 2023, directed by Lucy Morrison, in a co-production with SISTER.

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'A theatrical spectacle... Fowler's writing zips off the page'

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'A poignant, offbeat satire that unfolds with the daft, disjointed logic of a dream, full of sudden, unlikely plot twists and surreal asides'

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'Tom Fowler is a writer with a knack for comedy... Hope Has a Happy Meal is part Thelma and Louise, part reverse-Wizard of Oz, balancing wit and nightmares'

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'A surreal pleasure... Fowler's writing has an instantly appealing brightness and energy... a humorously lurid vision, with powerfully articulated emotions'

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'A surreal, engrossing satire on a world where big brands own everything... Fowler's playfully dark humour hits the spot'

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'Funny, exciting and well-written'

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'Sparks with peppery wit, with an unapologetically sui generis sense of surreal black humour and plenty of humanity'