The First Domino is a 2009 English play about a fictional terrorist bomber, written by Jonathan Cash, who was injured in the 1999 bombing of the Admiral Duncan pub in Soho, London by David Copeland.

[2] In 1999, David Copeland, a Neo-Nazi and former member of the British National Party, who was found to have decorated his bedroom with Nazi symbols and collected news stories on racist attacks,[3][4] intended to stir up ethnic and homophobic tension with a series of bombs targeting the minority communities of London.

[5] On Friday 30 April 1999, a sunny evening after work, Jonathan Cash – author of the play[3] – had agreed to meet two friends in the Admiral Duncan, as was usual for them.

[3] The Admiral Duncan bomb, a home made device of fertiliser and nails, exploded at 6:37 p.m.[7] It was the loudest, most alien noise I have ever heard.

[10] Cash received financial compensation, and used it to fund an MA in Dramatic Writing at the University of Sussex, saying he "wanted to do something positive with the money".

[4] The opening scene shows a young man kneeling on a Union Jack, manufacturing a bomb, which is left menacingly on the stage.

[11] A preview in The Guardian in May 2009 said it had "surprising twists [...] as the plot thickens",[1] and one reviewer said it was "one of the most honest and hard hitting plays I have seen".

Dramatic Writing course at the University of Sussex,[2] where he met Faynia Williams, who encouraged the development and directed the production.

[13] Cash was then commissioned by production company Unique (part of UBC Media Group) to rewrite the play for BBC Radio 3's series of single dramas The Wire.

[14] The cast list included Toby Jones, Joseph Kloska, Claire Price and Struan Rodger.

[14][16] Less than a year later, Cash was quoted in The Guardian in a piece reacting to the 2011 Norway attacks as conclusions were reached about the similarities between David Copeland and Anders Behring Breivik.