In 1942, as the bombs begin to fall, Leonard and Violet embark on their first night together and hope it won’t be their last.
It’s the eve of Leonard’s departure for the Front and everything seems to be falling apart for the young couple. But despite their fears the world keeps turning, time keeps moving on, and over a period of sixty years the invisible bond between two people is stretched to its limit.
From writer Nick Payne (Tony Award-nominated Constellations; We Live In Time and Wanderlust, BBC/Netflix), One Day When We Were Young is a delicate, intimate, heart-breaking picture of two lives played out against an ever-changing world, and a glimpse of the fragility of the promises we make to one another.
Audience Reactions
In the press
★★★★★ ‘Cassie Bradley and Barney White are exceptional’
Squirrp
★★★★ ‘Tender and intimate… the fact that this production penetrates your very soul is a testament to the brilliance of it’
All That Dazzles
★★★★ ‘Gut-wrenchingly beautiful and heart-breaking… brings a lifetime of love, loss and chance to the stage in just 85 minutes’
Everything Theatre
★★★★ ‘This is impressive, compelling theatre and well worth catching’
London Pub Theatres Magazine
★★★★ ‘A brilliant play in three parts about love, loss, hope and nostalgia’
The Arts Dispatch
★★★★ ‘Touching, delicate… mini-marvel with a poignant punch’
The Arts Desk
‘Beautiful central performances… Cassie Bradley and Barney White are vulnerable, brittle and finally tender as Violet and Leonard’
The Guardian
‘This grips anyone who can’t let first love go, anyone who stares homeward even now, wild with all regret. Unmissable’
Fringe Review
Cast
VIOLET | CASSIE BRADLEY
LEONARD | BARNEY WHITE
Creative Team
WRITER | NICK PAYNE
DIRECTOR | JAMES HADDRELL
DESIGNER | POLLYANNA ELSTON
LIGHTING DESIGNER | HENRY SLATER
SOUND DESIGNER | AIDAN GOOD
STAGE MANAGER | CORA PARKINSON
PRE-PRODUCTION PHOTOGRAPHY | SIMON HILDREW
PRODUCTION PHOTOGRAPHY | DANNY KAAN
VIDEOGRAPHY | ADAM NIGHTINGALE
GRAPHIC DESIGN | TOM MANN (GHOSTLIGHT)
Greenwich Theatre in association with Park Theatre presents
One Day When We Were Young
By Nick Payne, Directed by James Haddrell