Darkling Tickets

In Bhopal, India in 1984, a girl grows up with her father and sister, the three of them always together, in a home surrounded by nature. But her mother had always wanted more for them, and now the girl wants more too. Suddenly the land around them begins to change, with a giant factory rising over their town. Then comes a night that tears apart everything she's ever known and loved. This powerful new play explores the fallout of the 1984 Bhopal disaster, in which more than 40 tons of methyl isocyanate gas leaked from a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, killing around 20,000 people.

Ferocious, brutal and damning, this is an epic story of a life ravaged by ecological disaster. It's written by the multi-award-winning Titas Halder (Foal, Finborough), the current Associate Artistic Director at the Donmar Warehouse, and directed by Matthew Xia (Tambo & Bones, ATC / Stratford East). Relive the horror of a dark period in Indian history from the perspective of one family in this raw, deeply human story about the manmade atrocities inflicted on nature, based on shocking true events. With a powerful message and deeply authentic characters, this is an unmissable part of the Bush Theatre's stirring new season.

Book now and don't miss this devastating, heartbreaking new original play from a master storyteller.