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The Mistake

Name: The Mistake
Start: 2023-09-28T20:00:00+01:00
End: 2023-09-28T21:20:00+01:00
Location: Hull Truck Theatre

28 September @ 8:00 pm - 9:20 pm

£2 – £13.50

One of the successes at last year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and following a sell-out run at London’s trailblazing Arcola Theatre, this urgent new play by Michael Mears explores the events surrounding the catastrophic ‘mistake’ that launched our nuclear age.

1942. On a squash court in Chicago a dazzling scientific experiment takes place, which three years later will destroy a city and change the world – forever. Two actors, one British, one Japanese, enact the compelling stories of a brilliant Hungarian scientist, a daring American pilot and a devoted Japanese daughter, in a fast-moving, thought-provoking drama about the dangers that arise when humans dare to unlock the awesome power of nature.

Written by Michael Mears
Performed by Michael Mears and Riko Nakazono.
Directed by Rosamunde Hutt.
Winner of a Spirit of the Fringe Award Edinburgh 2022.

★★★★ ‘The past comes alive – a gripping piece of storytelling.’ (THE TIMES)

★★★★★ ‘I was genuinely blown away by this production. A dramatic treat.’ (UK THEATRE WEB)

★★★★ ‘A powerful examination of humanity in the wake of Hiroshima.’ (THE LIST)