Light Falls

'Look me in the eye and tell me you'll never leave me..'

A woman wakes up with a stranger beside her. A student argues with his lover. A single mother fights to feed her baby. A married man flirts with two younger women. And far away, one devastating event is about to change all their lives forever.

This extraordinary play by Simon Stephens connects five relatives in five disparate English towns from Blackpool to Durham. A richly layered play about life in the face of death, about how our love survives us after we've gone - and about how family, community and kindness help the North survive.

Light Falls is a love letter to the North. It’s a love letter to messy, imperfect, complicated families. It’s a
love letter to trying our best, making mistakes and finding ways to keep connecting when the world is
showing you many reasons not to.

It’s a moment in time splintered across various towns across our region where ordinary people find
themselves in an extraordinary situation. All at once painful, tender, shocking and funny.

It’s been an utter pleasure to make this with the cast and the whole team, and we look forward to
sharing it loudly and proudly and we hope it resonates with you as much as it has with us.

Dir: BRYONY SHANAHAN

Lighting: TRACEY GIBBS

Design: ELLIE LIGHT

Sound Design: GARION FRITH

Fight/Intimacy Director: KAITLIN HOWARD

Assistant Director: HARVEY WEEDON

This performance there will be reference to brain haemorrhage, death of a parent, alcohol and drug use/misuse, suicide and suicidal ideation, self-harm, abortion and threats of violence that some viewers might find upsetting.
During the performance haze will be used.

You can now pre-order refreshments from The Grove Café located in Grosvenor East next to the Theatre for you to enjoy during the show.