Heisenberg

Name: Heisenberg
Start: 2025-04-09
End: 2025-05-10
Location: Arcola Theatre

Author(s): Simon Stephens Company: Arcola Theatre Running time: 1h 30min approx Age recommendation: 12+ years

Venue: Arcola Theatre, London Dates: 9 Apr–10 May 2025

Reimagining Simon Stephens’ 2015 play a decade later, Katharine Farmer’s (23.5 Hours, Park Theatre) new direction of Heisenberg reinterprets the story of identity and loneliness as a queer female relationship.

In bustling St Pancras train station, Georgie, a young free spirit, impulsively plants a kiss on the neck of Alex, a reserved 70-year-old woman sitting on a bench. When Georgie unexpectedly reappears at Alex’s shop, Alex is drawn into Georgie’s unpredictable world, and her once quiet, orderly existence bursts into chaos and newfound vibrancy.

Starring Olivier Award-winner Jenny Galloway (Mamma Mia, Les Misérables 10^th & 25^th Anniversary concerts) and Faline England (9-1-1, Fox), this female-led production offers fresh perspectives on the universal themes of identity, loneliness and the fluctuation of love.

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