BLINK

Important Information

Age Recommendation 14 and over

Performance Dates 19 Feb - 22 Mar 2026

Performance Times Mon - Thu 7pm, Sat & Sun 6pm, Sat 2pm

Run time 75 mins (no interval)

Content Warning Strong language, themes of grief and loss, some mention of suicide.

Venue Kings Head Theatre

"Makes you wonder what possibilities Harold Pinter might have found in Wi-Fi monitoring technology" (The Guardian)

This is a story about seeing and being seen. About watching and being watched. And about love.

Sophie has just lost a parent. So has Jonah. Sophie has just inherited quite a lot of money. So has Jonah. After a series of uncanny coincidences, the pair find themselves living on top of one another, in two small flats in Leytonstone. Then on a whim, Sophie mails Jonah a baby monitor connected to her flat. And he starts to watch her. Reading. Playing video games. Eating. Watching TV. Without ever coming face to face, something almost like love starts to bloom between them.

First commissioned by Soho Theatre, Blink is a bittersweet rom-com for the digital age. But ten years on from its original run, in a world of livestreams, doorbell cams, vlogging, and online stalking, Porter’s play takes on a new meaning. When our every move is recorded and broadcast online, what does it really mean for someone to see you?

Award-winning company Metal Rabbit Productions (Boy Parts, Radiant Vermin, Soho Theatre; The Prince, Southwark Playhouse) present the first major London revival since the original Traverse Theatre production, starring Abigail Thorn (PhilosophyTube, House of the Dragon, Star Wars: The Acolate) and directed by Simon Paris (...Earnest?, UK Tour).

Will you be watching?