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An Unlimited UK Open Award Commission
WHAT'S THE F**KING POINT?
''Yeah, identities work a bit like antibiotics. The more people use them, the less effective they become.''
Written by Aarian Mehrabani, Samuel Brewer, Chloe Palmer and Josh Roche
Beth - Chloe Palmer
Julia - Madison Clare
The Locum - Samuel Brewer
Matteen - Aarian Mehrabani
Audio Describer - Rob Merriam
Co-Directed by Josh Roche and Zoë Templeman-Young
Design - Cara Evans
Lighting Design - Jodi Rabinowitz
Sound Design- Sarah Spencer
Stage Manager - Rose Hockaday
Production Manager - Beatrice Galloway
Produced by Hannah Smith
In Development
Devising Consultancy - Josie Dale-Jones
With thanks to:
Ben Grant, Georgie Wyatt and Melissa Allan
Matteen’s disability is reclassified overnight. Julia is handed a diagnosis she never asked for. And Beth decides she deserves one too.
Three friends - and a useless doctor - are pulled into a spiral of medical bureaucracy, identity politics and the desperate human need to feel significant.
WHAT'S THE F**KING POINT? had it's first public reading at the Royal Court Theatre, London as part of their Open Submissions Festival 2026.
WHAT'S THE F**KING POINT? is kindly supported by An Unlimited UK Open Award Commission, an Arts Council England funded grant.
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