Rosie Holt writes a play about Rachel Reeves' urinal

Satirist Rosie Holt has written a new play about Rachel Reeves's real-life fight to get rid of the urinal in her private bathroom at No11 Downing Street.

Britain's first female Chancellor was last year told it would cost £8,000 to take out the offending item – and that it was once used by Winston Churchill – so it has remained in place. Treasury officials reportedly suggested one lower-cost alternative would be to put a pot plant in front of it.

Now Holt, who shot to prominence playing a fake Tory MP online, has written a play about the incident which will premiere at the Shedinburgh venue at the Edinburgh Fringe on August 21 as a work in progress. 

At the moment the piece is simply called  A New Play and its blurb reads: 'What should be a simple job soon gets out of control and political anger about history, migration and identity spill over and soon the whole country is in turmoil.'

Tickets go on general sale at 3pm on Saturday. 

Published: 17 Jul 2025