Part coming-of-age story, part confession, If We Were Villains explores the magical and dangerous boundary between art and life. In the morning, the fourth-years find themselves facing their very own tragedy, and their greatest acting challenge yet: convincing the police, each other, and themselves that they are innocent. But in their fourth and final year, the balance of power begins to shift, good-natured rivalries turned ugly, and on opening night real violence invades the students’ world of make believe. In this secluded world of firelight and leather-bound books, Oliver and his friends play the same roles onstage and off: hero, villain, tyrant, temptress, ingénue, extra. Ten years before: Oliver is one of seven young Shakespearean actors at Dellecher Classical Conservatory, a place of keen ambition and fierce competition. Detective Colborne wants to know the truth, and after ten years, Oliver is finally ready to tell it. On the day Oliver Marks is released from jail, the man who put him there is waiting at the door.
Until that year, we saw no further than the books in front of our faces.’ There were seven of us then, seven bright young things with wide precious futures ahead of us.
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