Join us at the Chaos Casino, a variety show packed with true stories, audience games, and spoken word poetry with a loop station twist. Be swept along on a conveyor belt of increasingly overwhelming antics, exploring the line between innocent play and gambling harm.

Raising awareness of the negative impacts of gambling industry practices, Chaos Casino is inspired by two years of night shifts working as a croupier and highlights the social issues of gambling culture, through the eyes of a writer from Nottingham.

Chaos Casino is supported by GamLEARN, a lived experience network for people who have been impacted directly or indirectly from gambling related harm, and Against the Odds.

Originally performed at Nottingham Playhouse, Neville Studio, on Friday 13 June 2025.

Writer and Performance Artist - Bridie Squires
Producer - Sharon Foster
Director - Siobhán Cannon-Brownlie
Stage Manager - Daniel McVey
Sound Consultant - Rob Green
Movement Consultant - Kim Bormann
Videographer - Georgianna Scurfield
Photographer - Tom Morley
Graphic Designer - Alex Traska
Artist Wellbeing Practitioner - Nikki Disney

With thanks to Maria Terry, Evie Osbon, Joe Strickland, GOBS Collective, Rehannah Mian and Sarah Wheatley, The Right to Write Collective, and The Brunts Academy.

Partners: Right to Write, GamLEARN, Against the Odds, Mansfield Palace Theatre, Writing East Midlands, Nottingham Playhouse, The Brunts Academy

Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

May be triggering to those affected by gambling harm. References to suicide, and grief, flashing images, loud and sudden noises, strong language.