Marking 75 years since Alan Turing’s conviction, the writers of The Gang of Three tell the story of his final two years, and an unlikely friendship with his therapist, in a world premiere at the King’s Head Theatre from April 2027.
Returning to the Kings Head Theatre following the sell-out hits The Gang of Three and In the Print, writers Robert Khan and Tom Salinsky will premiere a new play about codebreaker Alan Turing. Making its debut next spring, Saving Alan Turing tells the story of the final two years of Turing’s life, during which he undergoes psychotherapy with Jungian analyst Dr Franz Greenbaum.
The play is directed by Kirsty Patrick Ward, with set and costume design by Libby Watson, lighting design by Jamie Platt and sound design by Dominic Brennan.
The play arrives in time to mark the 75th anniversary of Alan Turing’s conviction for gross indecency.
About Saving Alan Turing
The play explores the mind of one of the founding fathers of modern computing and artificial intelligence, a man who foresaw both the possibilities and the dangers of the technology he pioneered, yet was persecuted by the very society he had helped save.
The play is the third work from writers Khan and Salinsky to arrive at the Kings Head Theatre. They previously enjoyed two sell-out runs of Brexit, which transferred to the King’s Head from the Edinburgh Fringe in 2019, and The Gang of Three, currently touring the UK.
Their other plays include Coalition, Kingmaker and Impossible, which have played in London, Liverpool, Oxford, Brighton and Edinburgh.
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