We're looking forward to this. As theatreland goes to sleep over the summer, the Tricycle is putting on an ambitious, powerful new play by acclaimed writer Simon Stephens (Harper Regan, Motortown). The theme? One week in July, when London played host to the G8 leaders, won the Olympic bid and suddenly found itself the victim of terrorism.
Stephens' writing is visceral, realistic and harrowing. This portrait of a city under siege promises uncomfortable, but emotionally resonant theatre.
First Blast is part of Nicholas Kent's final season as artistic director of Tricycle Theatre, in which he explores the nuclear bomb. This series has the potential to be as successful as the Tricycle's...