The Zoo Story
16 June to 20 June
About The Zoo Story
University of Oxford Student Season: Trinity Term 2026
By Edward Albee
On a quiet Sunday in Central Park, a chance encounter between two strangers turns into a gripping psychological duel.
Edward Albee’s The Zoo Story is a razor-sharp one-act drama about loneliness, class, and the desperate need to be heard. Darkly funny and increasingly unsettling, this explosive two-hander builds to a shocking climax.
As Jerry drives him beyond the safety of his bourgeois certainties, both Peter and the audience begin to sense an intellectual precipice. Will Jerry, reckless and angry, pull him over the ever-closer edge?
The Zoo Story was the remarkable debut of the Pulitzer award-winning dramatist, Edward Albee, writer of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.
Tickets
Please see important booking information below.
Booking information
Ticket prices:
£6.00 to £8.00
Dates & times:
Tuesday 16 to Saturday 20 June 2026 at 7.30pm
Running time:
1 hour
Location:
Burton Taylor Studio
Age guidance:
14+
Content guidance:
This show contains themes of violence and sexual references.
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