Neil LaBute’s This Is How It Goes gets a new production courtesy of the King’s Head theatre.

This Is How It Goes is told from the perspective of a young man who moves in with married couple Cody and Belinda Phipps, both of whom were in his class at school. Cody was the high school jock and the only black guy in the school; Belinda was a cheerleader. The new housemate’s presence in the couple’s seemingly stable family life exposes deep, uncomfortable truths about all three of them. 

Set in small-town America, This Is How It Goes is a darkly comic play which considers the power of truth, ill-considered choices and people’s capacity for cruelty.

Playwright LaBute is the author of plays including Fat Pig, Bash and The Company Of Men.