The Children
by Lucy Kirkwood

Directed by Carrie Cable

Tuesday 20 – Saturday 24 February 2024, studio

The setting is an old, isolated cottage near the sea. Hazel and Robin eke out their lives as the world around them crumbles. Something has gone very wrong at the nearby nuclear power station and the local area has been devastated. There has been a radiation leak and electricity and water have been rationed. Then Rose, an old colleague arrives. They reminisce on their lives, love affairs, marriage, parenthood and ageing. 

But all three were nuclear scientists who worked at the plant in their youth.

The implications of the disaster and consequences for the land, the environment and the young scientists and others who work at the plant are becoming clear and the conversations take a different turn.

by kind arrangement with Nick Hern Books