Blood On Your Hands

Written by Grace Joy Howarth

Directed and produced by Anastasia Bunce

Southwark Playhouse (2024) 

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Blood on Your Hands is a contemporary piece that looks at the forgotten victims of the meat industry: the slaughterhouse workers. Focusing on Ukrainian vet Kazimir, and prospectless English lad Dan, the themes of toxic masculinity, mental health, animal cruelty, xenophobia and classism are explored.

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'Brilliantly Crafted' (Strand Magazine) 

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'Sinister, moving and electric, Blood On Your Hands explores the dark side of the meat industry and the effects it has on the workers involved.' (London Theatre Reviews, 5 stars) 

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'Bunce flawlessly brings the text to life using creative staging techniques and some physical movements sequences that captures the essence of the play.'(London Theatre Reviews, 5 stars) ​

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Lyn Gardner on Blood On Your Hands:

​'But a story on stage about the lives of those working at the bloodiest end of the meat trade in abattoirs is a different proposition. Drawing us into the lives of Ukrainian refugee and former veterinarian Kostyantyn and the young man he befriends has the potential to tell a really good story and give us insight into a trade we might rather ignore.'

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James Haddrell on Blood On Your Hands

'If Mr Bates vs The Post Office has proved anything, it is that audiences are crying out for entertainment that also informs, and that informative drama can mobilise the masses and bring about change. With that in mind, with any luck ITV commissioners have Patch Plays on their radar'

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