Three teenagers – born on the same day, in the same town but with very different backgrounds.

Inseparable since they were knee-high to a grasshopper, they’re a close-knit trio, both at school and at home. Sam, Asha and Kieran watch out for each other, until one day a shocking event blows their teenage world apart – and their friendship with it.

Castaways explores the nature of friendship, trauma and tribal loyalties in a neighbourhood where the blue touchpaper is waiting to be lit…

Mandala is a diversity-led company creating exciting new theatre which gives a dramatic voice to young people whose stories are not normally heard. Written by award-winning playwright Atiha Sen Gupta, Castaways has been developed through creative workshops with young people, exploring their sense of connectedness – or otherwise – with the communities they have grown up in. Castaways is the second of three commissioned plays, which all have social justice at their heart.