Mad Forest is set against the backdrop of the Romanian Revolution of 1989. Nicolae Ceauscescu has been executed. The country is under new leadership. But what really happened? Was there a revolution or was it a putsch? Who was shooting, and under whose orders? How can the Romanian people make sense of these events?

Caryl Churchill’s thrilling exploration into the lives of ordinary people on the brink of revolution, attempts to shed light on the deep layers of confusion surrounding one of the most important events in recent European history.