An urgent play about the senseless killing of a black schoolboy, from one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary British playwriting.

'Death never used to be for the young.

You get up.

You go bout your business.

You expect to come back.'

debbie tucker green's play random was first performed at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Downstairs, London, in March 2008, directed by Sacha Wares and performed by Nadine Marshall.

A television adaptation for Channel 4, directed by debbie tucker green and starring Nadine Marshall alongside an expanded cast, was first broadcast in August 2011. It went on to win a BAFTA for Best Single Drama.