The Children at Carpenter Square Theatre

– a dark comedy-drama by Lucy Kirkwood

Two retired nuclear scientists reside in an isolated cottage by the sea as the world around them crumbles. Together they are going to live forever on yogurt and yoga, until Rose, an old friend, arrives with a frightening request. Rose is determined that they must fix the problems they have caused for the next generation, even if it means certain death.

“THE CHILDREN is tantalizingly hard to define: it is about aging and responsibility…It is somewhat menacing, and often funny…What THE CHILDREN is not is a polemic about the oft-cited irresponsibility of baby boomers; instead, it rather penetratingly asks what they owe younger generations, exactly.” —Time Out London.

“…a richly suggestive and beautifully written piece of work…Kirkwood is the most rewarding dramatist of her generation.” —The Independent (UK).