Cast announced for THE CHILDREN alongside Imogen Stubbs at Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds

Casting has been announced for Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds’ much-anticipated upcoming production of The Children, which plays at the venue from 10-25 March.

Lucy Kirkwood’s post-apocalyptic drama was hailed by The Guardian as one of the top three plays in their ‘Best Theatre Shows of the 21st Century’, following two retired nuclear scientists whose isolated life by the sea is disrupted by an old friend with a frightening request. 

Alongside the previously announced Imogen Stubbs as Rose, Gillian Bevan (Into the Woods, Theatre Royal Bath) will take on the role of Hazel, who lives with her husband in a remote cottage on the British coast, as the world outside deals with a major disaster at a nuclear power station. Hazel’s husband Robin will be played by Michael Higgs (Silent Witness, BBC). 

Director Owen Calvert-Lyons said: “We are delighted to be producing The Children this spring. By working with actors of this calibre, who have a true passion for supporting regional theatre, we are able to create London quality theatre right here in Bury St Edmunds. Our audiences will have the extraordinary opportunity to see actors of this standard in the intimate setting of their local theatre. Lucy Kirkwood’s play is thought to be one of the best plays written in the last ten years and so with such an incredible cast, who will bring a wealth of experience and skill to the rehearsal room, our Suffolk audiences are in for a treat!”