Boiler Room Six

Now this should be an impressive piece of theatre: Boiler Room Six tells the almost impossible but true survival story of Frederick Barrett, lead firemen in one of the boiler rooms on the Titanic. Barrett’s story is one of the most devastating accounts of the last few hours of Titanic, and Tom Foreman’s one-man play gives a voice to the working men below deck … The play premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe in August 2024, selling out its entire run, and receiving widespread acclaim, including being awarded the Best Overall Show of the festival by the Derek Awards.

Boiler Room Six is a production of Foreman’s own company, and it’s touring right now. The play is directed by Tom Foreman, but we don’t know who’s playing Barrett (in UK shows it’s been Max Beken, who got some very good reviews). There are just two performances, on 15 and 16 February.