Badgers
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Nick Hern Books
Published:13th Aug '26
Should be back in stock very soon
'I came here looking for the truth behind the disappearance. What I found was something stranger.'
Meles is a podcaster with a dying mother and a stalling career, and she's about to stumble into something unfathomable. A recluse, a disappearance, a mysterious folk song. This is a story that could change everything – but is it really her story to tell?
Badgers is a shapeshifting, mercurial play: a folk tale about folk tales, an exploration of the art of letting go, and an enquiry into the ethics of true crime. Produced by Theatre Royal Plymouth in association with Bristol Old Vic, Malaika Kegode's play premiered at the Traverse Theatre as part of the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, directed by Jenny Davies and with music by Jakabol.
'A true-crime, gig-theatre supernatural thriller for the ages... a supremely impressive and incredibly moving new play... fresh, original, and urgently told... a genuine standout of the Fringe – an inventive, haunting spectacle that must be seen to be believed'
* WhatsOnStage *'A narratively ambitious, genre-straddling play with supernatural overtones'
* The Stage *'Eerie and bewitching... a richly imagined, haunting creation... its strange magic and its woozy sense of suggestion get thoroughly under the skin'
* The Arts Desk *‘Smart, vivid and searching’
* Scotsman *'A 21st-century fusion of oral storytelling, 1970s folk horror and sound-led narrative'
* Herald *'An inventive, essential piece of Fringe theatre that shouldn't be missed'
* Quintessential Review *'Spellbinding... leaves you utterly disarmed'
* Bouquets & BrickbaISBN: 9781839046117
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 5mm
Weight: 88g
72 pages