The Children (NHB Modern Plays)
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'Retired people are like nuclear power stations. They like to live by the sea.'
Two ageing nuclear scientists in an isolated cottage on the coast, as the world around them crumbles. Then an old friend arrives with a frightening request.
Lucy Kirkwood's play The Children premiered at the Royal Court, London, in the Jerwood Theatre Downstairs on 17 November 2016, in a production directed by James Macdonald.
Lucy Kirkwood
Lucy Kirkwood is a British playwright and screenwriter whose plays include: The Human Body (Donmar Warehouse, London, 2024); Rapture (promoted as That Is Not Who I Am, Royal Court Theatre, London, 2022); The Welkin (National Theatre, London 2020); Mosquitoes (National Theatre, 2017); The Children (Royal Court Theatre, 2016); Chimerica (Almeida Theatre and West End, 2013; winner of the 2014 Olivier Award for Best New Play, the 2013 Evening Standard Best Play Award, the 2014 Critics’ Circle Best New Play Award, and the Susan Smith Blackburn Award); NSFW (Royal Court, 2012); small hours (co-written with Ed Hime; Hampstead Theatre, 2011); Beauty and the Beast (with Katie Mitchell; National Theatre, 2010); Bloody Wimmin, as part of Women, Power and Politics (Tricycle Theatre, 2010); it felt empty when the heart went at first but it is alright now (Clean Break and Arcola Theatre, 2009; winner of the 2012 John Whiting Award); Hedda (Gate Theatre, London, 2008); and Tinderbox (Bush Theatre, 2008). She won the inaugural Berwin Lee UK Playwrights Award in 2013.
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Reviews for The Children (NHB Modern Plays)
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A beautiful and haunting play. Three great roles for older actors. It has an interest point of view not ever explored, really.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Lucy Kirkwood is a playwright who creates work that has characters and situations that feel real. This can be classified as a dystopian play, yet something like this has and can happen in the near future. The Children is a wonderful show that makes social commentary about the environment, ageism, women's roles in a more modern-day society, and many more. I liked the intense moments and really loved the moments that she had sprinkled throughout that may not have been with much dialogue (Like the yoga and the bells!) that sparked my imagination asking why this might be happening during that specific moment. The Mosquitoes was the first thing by Kirkwood that I have experienced and this is my second play that I've read by her. So far, I have seen a scientific element in her work with is very unique. If you read The Children I hope you enjoy it as much as I did :)