Nuclear Children (2023)

Nuclear Children is a dark comedy play about mental health, a submarine accident and a melon.

Following the death of her father Isla is struggling to cope; plagued with intrusive thoughts and her deteriorating mental health, she runs away to university in the hope of staying sane. As Isla finally begins to find her feet, her world, quite literally, stops making sense.


Director: Seán Linnen

Written & Performed by: Ezra England

Producers: Platform Presents, Finite Films & Ladbroke Hall

Nuclear Children will premiere at the new cultural centre, Ladbroke Hall, on June 14th. Following this it will show at The Roundhouse Last Word Festival on June 18th, and then play at The Pleasance at the Edinburgh Festival 2023 from 2nd to 28th August.

Tickets: linktr.ee/nuclearchildren

ladbrokehall.com – London, 14th & 15th June

roundhouse.org.uk – London, 18th June

pleasance.co.uk – Edinburgh, 2nd to 28th August

(Original poster photography Jimi Drosinos)

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