We are thrilled to present ‘Enron’, later this term at the Athenaeum.

'Enron’ follows the rise and fall of Jeffrey Skilling, who received the longest sentence for corporate crime in history after Enron's $38 billion bankruptcy. The anarchy of the trading floor is a kind of chorus, combining fizzing theatricality with important reflections on unbridled greed, self-delusion and toxic-masculinity.

‘Enron’ by Lucy Prebble follows the rise and fall of Jeffrey Skilling, a modern-day Macbeth, who received the longest sentence for corporate crime in history after Enron went bankrupt to the tune of $38 billion. Skilling wants to build an empire based on smoke and mirrors. His nerdy sidekick creates phantom companies that send Enron's share prices into the stratosphere, all the while concealing mounting debts. Once the market loses confidence, Skilling's pipedreams are revealed for what they are – fraudulent fantasies that saw 20,000 people out of a job and cost Skilling a prison sentence.

Prebble uses the anarchy of the trading floor as a kind of chorus, making sure the audience doesn't get bogged down in the minutiae of financial jargon. She has created a sharp-witted business thriller to ‘dazzle the eye and tickle the brain’. This play combines fizzing theatricality with important reflections on unbridled greed, self-delusion and toxic masculinity.

In our current political and economic climate this scandal is probably now just a drop in the ocean. We have learnt so much from workshopping Trader Hand Signals to understanding the financial gobbledegook that Prebble makes such effortless sense of. She wrote this play at only 28 and its premier at The Royal Court, which transferred from Chichester Festival in 2010 won the acclaim of many critics, including The Times who hailed that, ‘The political theatre of the 21st century has arrived’. We hope you enjoy it.

Performances take place 13-15 November at the Athenaeum. Come and support our talented pupils!

Tickets available soon!