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"You know when a song gets stuck in your head? Round and round ...
over and over. I've got that right now ... only it's not a piece of
music ... it's not a tune ... it's a phrase: home is where the
heart is ... home is where the heart is." A coastline erodes, a
house falls into the sea. A mysterious brother and sister arrive
looking for answers. Marnie clings to her camera, taking
photographs of strangers and places. She has come to say goodbye to
a life she never knew whilst her brother Linus is keen to make a
fresh start. But when they find Simon and daughter Kelly, reeling
in the wake of tragedy, all four lives are to become inextricably
linked under the weight of the past.
1939: fascism spreads across Europe, Franco marches on Barcelona
and two German chemists discover the processes of atomic fission.
In Berkeley, California, theoretical physicists recognise the
horrendous potential of this new science: a weapon that draws its
power from the very building blocks of the universe. Struggling to
cast off his radical past and thrust into a position of power and
authority, the charismatic J Robert Oppenheimer races to win the
'battle of the laboratories' and create a weapon so devastating
that it would bring about an end not just to the Second World War
but to all war. Tom Morton-Smith's new play takes us into the heart
of the Manhattan Project, revealing the personal cost of making
history.
Reykjavik, 1972. All eyes are on Iceland ahead of ‘the Match of
the Century’: Boris Spassky vs. Bobby Fischer. For the two
contenders, the stakes have never been higher – the world title,
unprecedented prize money, and stratospheric fame are all on the
table.
"I don't think we'll get to Mars... not really...not normal people.
Scientists might... it'll end up a scientific outpost like
Antarctica... but it won't be for people like you and me." Maggie
has found a warm patch of ground on Horsell Common. She believes
something is buried in the dirt. This is the site of the Martian
invasion in H G Wells' The War of the Worlds and she sneaks out of
the house in the dead of night and dances on the warm spot. Here
she meets Behrooz, an amateur astronomer who spends his nights
mapping the surface of Mars. Cartographer John is remapping the
streets of Woking. He's about to become a father and is terrified
by the thought. He finds an ally in Corinne, Maggie's mother - a
woman struggling to keep her sex life separate and secret from her
daughter. Kiph, who everyone thinks is gay, is madly in love with
Maggie, his best-friend. He attends a book signing to meet his
hero, Richard Bleakman - star of cult 80s sci-fi show John Carter
of Mars. Richard has problems of his own. A stunning new play about
fantasy and sexuality, and about the blurry and indistinct
linesbetween reality and desire.
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