It is the first year of World War II, and in Whitehall two emigre Jewish scientists are waiting for a meeting to get the British establishment to take their nuclear research seriously. The following plays then trace the history of Attlee's Labour party wrestling with the decision to build the Atomic Bomb, the Cuban missile crisis from a Russian perspective, China's war with India and the subsequent development of India's bomb, the break-up of the Soviet Union and the unilateral disarmament of Ukraine.From Elsewhere:The Message/Calculated Risk/Seven Joys/Option/Little Russians - T0851498115Commissioned by the Tricycle The Bomb - a partial history is in two parts, is the political history of the Nuclear Bomb from 1940 to present-day Nuclear proliferation and its implications for the world now. Each of the two parts can be seen on consecutive nights or on an afternoon and evening over the weekend.Producer Tricycle Theatre. Director Nicolas Kent. Design Polly Sullivan. Design Douglas O'Connell (video). Lighting Howard Harrison. Sound Tom Lishman. DramaturgJack Bradley. Producer Zoe Ingenhaag (associate producer). Author Zinnie Harris (From Elsewhere: The Message). Author Ron Hutchinson (Calculated Risk). Author Lee Blessing (Seven Joys). Author Amit Gupta (Option). Author John Donnelly (Little Russians). Performer Nathalie Armin. Performer Paul Bhattacharjee. Performer Simon Chandler. Performer Michael Cochrane. Performer Tariq Jordan. Performer Belinda Lang. Performer Shereen Martin. Performer Daniel Rabin. Performer Simon Rouse. Performer Rick Warden. Performer David Yip. | |
| 9 Feb 12 to 1 Apr 12 | The Kiln (formerly Tricycle Theatre), Inner London :: V250 listing details L01138378312 |
