Details

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. Commissioned 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.

Cast/Performers

Nathalie Armin, Paul Bhattacharjee, Simon Chandler, Michael Cochrane, Tariq Jordan, Belinda Lang, Shereen Martin, Daniel Rabin, Simon Rouse, Rick Warden, David Yip

Creatives/Company

Author(s): Zinnie Harris, Ron Hutchinson, Lee Blessing, Amit Gupta, John Donnelly, Zinnie Harris (From Elsewhere: The Message), Ron Hutchinson (Calculated Risk), Lee Blessing (Seven Joys), Amit Gupta (Option), John Donnelly (Little Russians)
Producer(s): Tricycle Theatre, Zoe Ingenhaag (associate producer)
Director: Nicolas Kent
Design(s): Polly Sullivan, Douglas O'Connell (video)
Lighting: Howard Harrison
Sound: Tom Lishman
Dramaturg: Jack Bradley