Eleanor Matsuura | ChicanePictures

Director Clare Lizzimore’s brutish production of Mike Bartlett’s 55 minute ‘study’ of office bullying entitled Bull is currently concluding its short run at London’s Young Vic.

Described but The Guardian as, “nasty and brutish,” the play is staged in the intimate Maria space, offering ringside seats (which are completely sold out!) as three employees – Isobel (Eleanor Matsuura), Tony (Adam James) and Thomas (Sam Troughton) fight to keep their jobs and avoid boss Carter’s (Neil Stuke) sword.

Isobel and Tony combine to make sure Thomas is the sacrifice as the playwright plots the destruction with, “the studied, elegant technique of a matador haunting a bull,” according to Laura Barrett in The Telegraph.

Originally staged in the Crucible’s studio space in Sheffield, it then enjoyed a run off Broadway before making its London debut, which has been extended until 14 February 2015.

The brilliant cast all signed my montage sketch after the mid week matinée this week.

Tokyo-born and London raised actress Eleanor Matsuura is currently appearing as the determined Isobel in Clare Lizzimore’s riveting production of Mike Bartlett’s razor-sharp Bull at the Young Vic in London.

The play looks at the fine line between office politics and playground bullying as three employees fight to keep their jobs in a corporate wrestling ring.

It’s nasty, it’s brutish, it’s short – a 55 minute exercise that provides catharsis for theatregoers who want to purge the day’s tensions by watching a metaphoric version of what may be happening during regular office hours.

I drew this montage of Eleanor including her role in Enron at the Noel Coward Theatre, which she signed for me after two rounds in the ‘ring’ (a matinee and evening performance) on Wednesday.