Celebrated young director Polly Stenham has updated August Strindberg's 1888 play Miss Julie for the modern era, with Vanessa Kirby (The Crown) starring as a troubled rich girl who embarks on a devastating affair with her father's chauffeur (Eric Kofi Abrefa). Like the Swedish original, the play explores issues of privilege and class boundaries, and the dangers of thwarting society's expectations.

While an adaptation set in present-day London cannot rely upon rigid 19th century class distinctions and sexual proscriptions for dramatic tension, Stenham's version, under Carrie Cracknell's direction, swaps the shock value of a liaison between mistress and servant for a provocative and satirical meditation on cultural interplay, wealth and hedonism, psychological damage and racial tensions.