On the Third Day

Kate Betts’ On The Third Day is the winning play from Channel 4’s series The Play’s The Thing. The four-part C4 series followed the search for a new, first-time, British playwright. C4 received over 2000 submissions from previously un-produced writers. The panel of judges — three top theatre professionals: West End producer Sonia Friedman, literary agent Mel Kenyon and actor Neil Pearson — whittled down submissions to one winning play which was eventually produced by Friedman at the New Ambassadors Theatre.

The play is set in modern London where a young woman, alone and unattached, catches the eye of a stranger in a bar. Before the night has ended, they will have told each other secrets that will change their lives forever. Kate Bett’s debut stage play takes us from the depths of underground caves to the infinite reaches of the solar system and into the shattered heart of a broken family.