Moscow, August 2018. The World Cup has just ended, and it has been aroaring success. Free metro travel. Parties in the square. The police, the oneswith guns, they were smiling! People finally saw that yeah, it's okay over hereand no, it doesn't snow in the summer, it's actually very warm. And wait, didwe mention it was an incident-free event?But when an old woman walks into a bank, she is conned into taking out ahigh-interest loan, which she immediately forgets all about. A catastrophicseries of events are set in motion...with only her cat Sally to bear witness.Winner of the 2023 Theatre503 International Playwriting Award, A WomanWalks Into a Bank is a powerful portrayal of a country in crisis. Inspired bychildhood fairytales, Roxy Cook's vibrant debut play uses biting humour tointerrogate the social apathy tearing Russia apart. How did we get here? Howcan we get out?