diff --git a/src/app/player/ScreeningPlayer.tsx b/src/app/player/ScreeningPlayer.tsx
index 9efad36..9a8fda9 100644
--- a/src/app/player/ScreeningPlayer.tsx
+++ b/src/app/player/ScreeningPlayer.tsx
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ export interface ScreeningPlayerHandle {
   playFrom(videoId: string): void;
 }
 
+/** Supported reel playback speeds, including normal rate as the default. */
+export const SCREENING_PLAYBACK_RATES = [1, 1.15, 1.25, 1.5, 2] as const;
+
 const initialState = (index: number, durationSeconds: number): PlayerState => ({
   phase: 'idle',
   index,
@@ -50,11 +53,13 @@ export const ScreeningPlayer = forwardRef<
   ] as const;
   const controller = useRef<ScreeningController | null>(null);
   const announcedVideoId = useRef<string | null>(null);
+  const playbackRateRef = useRef(1);
   const requestedIndex = playlist.findIndex((clip) => clip.videoId === initialVideoId);
   const initialIndex = Math.max(0, requestedIndex);
   const [state, setState] = useState(
     initialState(initialIndex, playlist[initialIndex]?.durationSeconds ?? 0),
   );
+  const [playbackRate, setPlaybackRate] = useState(1);
 
   const publishState = useCallback(
     (next: PlayerState) => {
@@ -81,9 +86,22 @@ export const ScreeningPlayer = forwardRef<
       getPlayback,
       onState: publishState,
     });
+    controller.current.setPlaybackRate(playbackRateRef.current);
     return controller.current;
   }, [getPlayback, playlist, publishState, videos]);
 
+  const updatePlaybackRate = useCallback(
+    (rate: number) => {
+      playbackRateRef.current = rate;
+      setPlaybackRate(rate);
+      controller.current?.setPlaybackRate(rate);
+      for (const element of videos) {
+        if (element.current) element.current.playbackRate = rate;
+      }
+    },
+    [videos],
+  );
+
   useImperativeHandle(
     ref,
     () => ({
@@ -272,6 +290,20 @@ export const ScreeningPlayer = forwardRef<
             {activeIndex + 1} of {playlist.length}
           </span>
         </div>
+        <label className="playbackSpeed">
+          <span className="sr-only">playback speed</span>
+          <select
+            aria-label="playback speed"
+            value={String(playbackRate)}
+            onChange={(event) => updatePlaybackRate(Number(event.currentTarget.value))}
+          >
+            {SCREENING_PLAYBACK_RATES.map((rate) => (
+              <option key={rate} value={rate}>
+                {formatPlaybackRate(rate)}
+              </option>
+            ))}
+          </select>
+        </label>
         <button
           disabled={state.phase === 'idle' || state.phase === 'complete'}
           onClick={() => void controller.current?.skip()}
@@ -293,13 +325,18 @@ function formatPlaybackTime(value: number) {
   return `${Math.floor(seconds / 60)}:${String(seconds % 60).padStart(2, '0')}`;
 }
 
+function formatPlaybackRate(rate: number) {
+  return `${rate}x`;
+}
+
 export function handleScreeningShortcut(
   event: Pick<KeyboardEvent, 'code' | 'key' | 'target' | 'preventDefault'>,
   actions: {togglePause(): void; skip(): void; fullscreen(): void},
 ) {
   if (
     event.target instanceof HTMLInputElement ||
-    event.target instanceof HTMLTextAreaElement
+    event.target instanceof HTMLTextAreaElement ||
+    event.target instanceof HTMLSelectElement
   )
     return;
   if (event.code === 'Space') actions.togglePause();
diff --git a/src/app/player/controller.ts b/src/app/player/controller.ts
index 748f4bb..0f4b64f 100644
--- a/src/app/player/controller.ts
+++ b/src/app/player/controller.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export interface ScreeningController {
   jumpTo(index: number): Promise<void>;
   togglePause(): Promise<void>;
   seek(time: number): void;
+  setPlaybackRate(rate: number): void;
   skip(): Promise<void>;
   destroy(): void;
 }
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ export function createScreeningController({
   let stateError: string | null = null;
   let destroyed = false;
   let operation = 0;
+  let playbackRate = 1;
   let transitionTimer: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | null = null;
   let countdownTimer: ReturnType<typeof setInterval> | null = null;
   const attachments: [MediaAttachment | null, MediaAttachment | null] = [null, null];
@@ -68,6 +70,12 @@ export function createScreeningController({
       durationSeconds,
     });
 
+  function applyPlaybackRate() {
+    for (const element of elements) element.playbackRate = playbackRate;
+  }
+
+  applyPlaybackRate();
+
   const endedHandlers = elements.map((_element, slot) => () => {
     if (phase === 'playing' && slot === active) void advance();
   });
@@ -125,6 +133,7 @@ export function createScreeningController({
     }
     attachments[slot] = attachment;
     attachedVideoIds[slot] = clip.videoId;
+    applyPlaybackRate();
     audio.setGain(slot, clip.gainDb);
   }
 
@@ -252,6 +261,11 @@ export function createScreeningController({
       currentTime = next;
       notify();
     },
+    setPlaybackRate(rate) {
+      if (!Number.isFinite(rate) || rate <= 0) return;
+      playbackRate = rate;
+      applyPlaybackRate();
+    },
     async skip() {
       if (phase === 'idle' || phase === 'complete') return;
       await advance();
diff --git a/src/app/styles.css b/src/app/styles.css
index 1681283..c6c67dc 100644
--- a/src/app/styles.css
+++ b/src/app/styles.css
@@ -3382,7 +3382,7 @@ main {
 }
 .screeningControls {
   display: grid;
-  grid-template-columns: auto 1fr auto auto;
+  grid-template-columns: auto 1fr auto auto auto;
   gap: 0.5rem;
   align-items: center;
   padding: 0.75rem;
@@ -3403,17 +3403,38 @@ main {
   color: #d9cae5;
   font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
 }
-.screeningControls button {
+.screeningControls button,
+.screeningControls .playbackSpeed select {
   min-height: 2.6rem;
   padding: 0.55rem 0.7rem;
   color: #fff;
   border: 1px solid #5e4a6c;
   border-radius: 0.5rem;
-  background: #281b32;
+  background-color: #281b32;
 }
-.screeningControls button:hover:not(:disabled) {
+.screeningControls button:hover:not(:disabled),
+.screeningControls .playbackSpeed select:hover {
   border-color: #9f77ff;
-  background: #382748;
+  background-color: #382748;
+}
+.screeningControls .playbackSpeed {
+  display: grid;
+  min-width: 0;
+  margin: 0;
+}
+.screeningControls .playbackSpeed select {
+  min-width: 4.75rem;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  appearance: none;
+  background-image:
+    linear-gradient(45deg, transparent 50%, #d9cae5 50%),
+    linear-gradient(135deg, #d9cae5 50%, transparent 50%);
+  background-position:
+    calc(100% - 0.95rem) calc(50% - 0.12rem),
+    calc(100% - 0.65rem) calc(50% - 0.12rem);
+  background-size: 0.3rem 0.3rem;
+  background-repeat: no-repeat;
+  padding-right: 1.6rem;
 }
 .screeningControls > div {
   min-width: 0;
@@ -3575,7 +3596,7 @@ kbd {
     flex-direction: column;
   }
   .screeningControls {
-    grid-template-columns: repeat(3, 1fr);
+    grid-template-columns: repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));
   }
   .screeningTimeline {
     grid-row: 1;
@@ -3584,12 +3605,6 @@ kbd {
     grid-column: 1 / -1;
     grid-row: 2;
   }
-  .screeningControls button {
-    grid-row: 3;
-  }
-  .screeningControls button:last-child {
-    grid-column: auto;
-  }
   .screeningControls kbd {
     display: none;
   }
@@ -3609,10 +3624,6 @@ kbd {
   .screeningControls {
     grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
   }
-  .screeningControls button:last-child {
-    grid-row: 4;
-    grid-column: 1 / -1;
-  }
   .titleCardFrame {
     padding: 1rem;
   }
diff --git a/test/player/controller.test.tsx b/test/player/controller.test.tsx
index 817fca1..67a27af 100644
--- a/test/player/controller.test.tsx
+++ b/test/player/controller.test.tsx
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ describe('dual screening controller', () => {
     expect(videos[0].currentTime).toBe(4.5);
     expect(states.at(-1)).toMatchObject({currentTime: 4.5, durationSeconds: 10});
 
+    controller.setPlaybackRate(1.5);
+    expect(videos[0].playbackRate).toBe(1.5);
+    expect(videos[1].playbackRate).toBe(1.5);
+
     videos[1].dispatchEvent(new Event('ended'));
     await Promise.resolve();
     expect(states.at(-1)?.index).toBe(0);
@@ -67,8 +71,11 @@ describe('dual screening controller', () => {
     expect(audio.resume).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
     expect(states.at(-1)?.phase).toBe('title');
     expect(states.at(-1)?.index).toBe(1);
+    expect(videos[0].playbackRate).toBe(1.5);
+    expect(videos[1].playbackRate).toBe(1.5);
     await vi.advanceTimersByTimeAsync(5_000);
     expect(vi.mocked(videos[1].play).mock.calls).toHaveLength(1);
+    expect(videos[1].playbackRate).toBe(1.5);
 
     videos[1].dispatchEvent(new Event('ended'));
     await Promise.resolve();
diff --git a/test/video-ui/video-ui.test.tsx b/test/video-ui/video-ui.test.tsx
index 690457b..f597c36 100644
--- a/test/video-ui/video-ui.test.tsx
+++ b/test/video-ui/video-ui.test.tsx
@@ -380,6 +380,16 @@ describe('video user experience', () => {
     expect(actions.togglePause).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
     expect(actions.skip).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
     expect(actions.fullscreen).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+    handleScreeningShortcut(
+      {
+        code: 'Space',
+        key: ' ',
+        target: document.createElement('select'),
+        preventDefault: vi.fn(),
+      },
+      actions,
+    );
+    expect(actions.togglePause).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
 
     const requestFullscreen = vi.fn(async () => undefined);
     Object.defineProperty(HTMLElement.prototype, 'requestFullscreen', {
@@ -398,6 +408,18 @@ describe('video user experience', () => {
     expect(screen.getByRole('button', {name: /skip/}).hasAttribute('disabled')).toBe(
       true,
     );
+    const speed = screen.getByRole('combobox', {name: 'playback speed'});
+    expect(speed).toBeInstanceOf(HTMLSelectElement);
+    expect(
+      [...speed.querySelectorAll('option')].map((option) => option.getAttribute('value')),
+    ).toEqual(['1', '1.15', '1.25', '1.5', '2']);
+    await userEvent.selectOptions(speed, '1.5');
+    expect(speed).toHaveProperty('value', '1.5');
+    expect(
+      [...document.querySelectorAll('video')].every(
+        (video) => video.playbackRate === 1.5,
+      ),
+    ).toBe(true);
     await userEvent.click(screen.getByRole('button', {name: /fullscreen/}));
     expect(requestFullscreen).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
   });