'Jo and Harry are changing.
Harry is changing more than most, undeniably.
And change is beautiful. Necessary. Terrifying.'

Break-ups aren't just about who gets the CD collection. As Jo and Harry begin to untangle themselves from each other, new worlds start to open up – worlds filled with new partners, new identities, new possibilities…

What kind of women do they want to be, and do they have the courage, or the permission, to get there?

Chris Bush's play Otherland is a bold and beautiful exploration of what it means to be true to yourself in the face of unstoppable change. It premiered at the Almeida Theatre, London, in 2025, directed by Ann Yee.

Otherland was a finalist for the 2025 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.

'A writer of great wit and empathy' The Times

'One of our most prolific and arresting writers' Evening Standard

'Bittersweet, uplifting and profoundly enlightening, this deeply felt drama brings remarkable clarity to some knotty and tremendously contentious topics... seamlessly blends song, surreal imagery and realistic dialogue scenes... it works brilliantly... Bush fearlessly examines the gulf between the experiences of trans women and women assigned female at birth. The arguments that follow are lacerating, but ultimately, the play's message is hopeful and universal' — The Stage

'Tremendous... memorably surprising and satisfying' — The Times

'Lively, humane... tackles hot button issues with sensitivity and compassion' — Evening Standard

'A dream-like blend of tender poetry and pulsating humanity... Chris Bush has established herself as one of the UK's most erudite and important writers... you can sense her lived experience as a trans woman delicately coiled within the play's DNA... just as you think you can grasp it, Bush pulls the narrative rug from under us with a genre-bending twist. Otherland playfully melts into a swirling magical realist standoff between gothic and sci-fi... Bush's focus is always on the human heart beating beneath the strained surface, especially when it finds moments of joyous jubilation' — Broadway World

'Touchingly relatable... brimming with humour and compassion... a powerful reminder of how theatre lets us live beyond our own bodies' — Guardian

'Deeply moving... cleverly frames [ideas about] womanhood around the needs and desires of two very different characters... an affecting plea for connection and understanding' — Telegraph

'Quietly radical... the story challenges us with knotty, thorny, nuance... deft and deliciously strange' — Time Out