In an oak-panelled room in a rural Oxford gastropub ten young undergraduates with cut-glass
vowels and deep pockets are meeting intent on restoring their right to rule - and on getting
totally "chatueaued". Members of The Riot Club an elite student dining society the fraternity
starts to fray when they discover they're a guinea-fowl short and the prostitute they've hired
is suddenly banished. An apparent spoof on Oxford's notorious Bullingdon Club whose past
members include Boris Johnson George Osborne and David Cameron Posh is a satirical play about
power politics and privilege and how these elements interact within British institutions.
The play is published here as a Methuen Drama Student Edition with commentary and notes by
Henry Bell. Posh premiered at the Royal Court Theatre London in 2010 and two years later
opened in the West End. It was nominated for Best New Play at both the Evening Standard Awards
and for the Theatregoers' Choice Awards. It was subsequently made into a film called The Riot
Club (2014) starring Sam Claflin Max Irons and Douglas Booth.
