Ordinary Decent Criminal

Set in the years following the Strangeways Prison Riot, meet recovering addict Frankie as he enters the brave new world of a liberal prison experiment.

None of Frankie's fellow convicts are what they seem. In the most unexpected of places, he discovers that the revolution is not dead. It's just sleeping.

Ed Edwards' play Ordinary Decent Criminal is a tale of freedom, revolution and messy love. It is premiered in 2025 by Paines Plough, Live Theatre, Theatre Royal Plymouth and Ellie Keel Productions in association with Synergy Theatre Project, in a touring production starring Mark Thomas as Frankie.