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

Michael Mears and Japanese performer Riko Nakazono 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.  Unlike the recent OPPENHEIMER film, THE MISTAKE puts the Japanese experience of the atomic bombings front and centre.

It will be playing for two nights at Sands Films, Rotherhithe, on October 26th and 27th.   Click here for more info  https://www.sandsfilms.co.uk/sands-films-music-room.html

It will be touring to 28 other venues in England and Wales this September and October – click here for more info on the tour https://michaelmears.org/tour-dates-for-the-mistake/

• Thurs 26th, 7.30pm - London, Sands Films Studios, Rotherhithe, St Marychurch Street, SE16 4HZ + ONLINE

• Fri 27th, 7.30pm - London, Sands Films Studios, Rotherhithe, St Marychurch Street, SE16 4HZ + ONLINE

Instead of fixed price tickets, performances are supported by donations (suggested price: £7.50)

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. Through the lives of a brilliant Hungarian scientist, a daring American pilot and a devoted Japanese daughter, this fast-moving, compelling drama confronts the dangers that arise when humans dare to unlock the awesome power of nature.

★★★★   ‘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)

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