Our Boys (1993 play)

Our Boys is a play in two acts written by the actor Jonathan Guy Lewis, credited under his nom de plume Jonathan Lewis, first performed in London on 13 May 1993 and subsequently performed in Derby and the Donmar Warehouse, London.

It was being revived in the West End in October 2012.

Our Boys was first performed in London on 13 May 1993 at the Cockpit Theatre and subsequently revived in a production that originated at Derby Playhouse (now known as Derby Theatre) and then transferred to the Donmar Warehouse where it ran from 11 April to 13 May 1995. The production led to the play winning the Best Fringe Play award in the Writers' Guild of Great Britain Awards, and the play was published by Samuel French and remains in print.

Subsequent productions have been performed at various fringe theatres by both amateur and professional theatre groups and companies.

On 15 June 2012, it was announced that the play would receive its West End premiere at the Duchess Theatre on 3 October 2012, with preview performances starting on 26 September 2012, in a new production directed by David Grindley, designed by Jonatham Fensom, with lighting by Jason Taylor and sound by Gregory Clarke. Cast confirmed upon announcement were Cian Barry as Keith, Arthur Darvill as Parry, Laurence Fox as Joe and Matthew Lewis as Mick. The show is produced by James Seabright, Jenny Topper, Sue Scott Davison and Lee Menzies.

The play is set in Ward 9 Bay 4 of the Queen Elizabeth Military Hospital, Woolwich, London, England. The action begins in spring 1984. Joe, a victim of the Hyde Park bomb, has been in the hospital for 18 months, longer than the other characters. The play opens as he argues with Keith, a Northern Irish private with leg pains, about having agreed that POM (a young potential officer and thus a threatening authority figure) can move into the ward to free up a private room for a Major's wife to have an operation. Following POM's arrival, Joe leaves for a rare night out, whilst Mick and Parry enter from a neighbouring ward in wheelchairs. The remaining group discuss their injuries and diagnoses.

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