The Children Tickets

The Children follows Hazel and Robin, two retired nuclear scientists living in the aftermath of a catastrophe, on the edge of a radiation exclusion zone. Hazel practices yoga and Robin brews parsnip wine as they try to cling to a semblance of normalcy. But all that changes when their old friend and colleague Rose knocks on their door, bringing old memories, buried secrets, and a plan to clean up the mess that they made, one which will test Hazel and Robin's loyalty and forces them to confront the limits of their debt to the next generation.

Lucy Kirkwood's fiercely clever and timely play explores themes of inter-generational accountability, personal morality, and the environmental crisis. Artistic Director Rachel O'Riordan will direct this revival, while Olivier Award-nominated Dame Meera Syal (A Tupperware of Ashes, Noises Off) stars as Hazel, returning to the Lyric stage for the first time since Noises Off in 2019. Inspired by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear explosion in Japan, The Children first premiered in London in 2016, followed by a Broadway run that earned it two Tony nominations. Named third on a list of the greatest theatrical works by the Guardian, it feels just as urgent and relevant in the modern age as it did when it was written.

Book now and get ready for an eerie, harrowing story about inter-generational debt and the difficult moral questions we struggle with.