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ENOUGH.

 
Rebecca Vines Review by Rebecca Vines 4 Published: 2 Aug 2025 theSpace on the Mile Show Dates: 1 Aug 2025-8 Aug 2025

ENOUGH is a bold new drama that follows police recruit Irie as she battles systemic injustice within the Met. But beyond this, it forces us to examine our own prejudices and unconscious biases – exploring which behaviours we are prepared to excuse, and which we are quicker to condemn.

The final twist is a masterstroke of storytelling and audience manipulation

The service has come in for a great deal of criticism in recent years – and the fact that almost all of it seems not only justified but long overdue is a shocking indictment of the people who are supposed to be the first and last bastion of civil protection. Following the watershed moment of Sarah Everard’s murder at the hands of a serving officer, more and more examples of corruption and abuse of power have hit the headlines – each one driving another nail into the reputational coffin of the police. With the Met – supposedly the nation’s premier law enforcers – frequently at the heart of these allegations, and repeated claims of assault and institutionalised misogyny, it is a scary time to be a female in need of help.

ENOUGH is an episodic piece, perhaps more immediately suited to television in structure. The action unfolds across a series of short scenes that introduce us to the Sarge, Constable Chris and Constable Irie. Irie is new, bright-eyed, desperate to make a difference. But her colleagues are older and wearier – long immune to the charms of doing one’s best, and plodding their way to retirement with as little trouble and as much kickback as possible.

Friendly banter, pub quizzes and the requisite reliance on coffee and doughnuts soon start to give way to lies, corruption, bullying and abuse. The piece is short, but so cleverly written that we initially doubt our reading of the circumstances before blaming the perpetrators – a phenomenon already grossly familiar to every woman in every uncomfortable situation ever.

The acting is superb across the board, and has a way of seducing us into the worlds and motivations of the characters that threatens our own judgment when things turn nasty. This complicity is a key strength of a piece that is relentless in its layering of truths and uncompromising in its message. The three leads are well defined and distinct – and the final twist is a masterstroke of storytelling and audience manipulation.

One of the play’s main aims is to give a voice to those who refuse to be silenced – and as the lights black out on the hopeful recruit brought low by the people she so wanted to be a part of, there is little doubt that it has succeeded.

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Winner: Best Drama, Greater Manchester Fringe. Why does misogyny still thrive in 2025? Enough is a bold drama following new police recruit Irie as she battles systemic injustice within the Met. Inspired by real events, it holds a mirror to the institutions meant to protect us, exposing the societal complacency that enables discrimination. Drawing from the Met’s response to the 2021 Sarah Everard vigil, this gripping play challenges power, accountability, and the cost of speaking out. With standing ovation nominations and critical acclaim, Enough is a must-see theatre experience that gives voice to those who refuse to be silenced.