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.
Press
‘A gripping love story, as well as a potted history of social change in Britain over a 60-year period’
The Guardian on One Day When We Were Young
★★★★ ‘James Haddrell’s direction allows the magic in Butterworth’s script to soar’
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‘Highly recommend’
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‘A powerful, moving evening of live theatre – the kind of evening that we have all been missing so much’
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Creative Team
WRITER | NICK PAYNE
DIRECTOR | JAMES HADDRELL
LIGHTING DESIGNER | HENRY SLATER
Greenwich Theatre in association with Park Theatre presents
One Day When We Were Young
Written by Nick Payne, Directed by James Haddrell