Albatross at New Wolsey Theatre, Suffolk

Albatross, written by George Devine and Bruntwood Prize winner Martha Loader and directed by Patrick Morris, is a new play commissioned by Menagerie Theatre and rooted in two years of research and interviews with Antarctic researchers. The play follows glaciologist Alice, played by Caroline Rippin, and her mother Eve, played by Agnes Lillis, as they navigate unspoken secrets and unasked favours when Alice returns home in the middle of the night from her latest stint in Antarctica. Set against the backdrop of the climate emergency, the drama explores intergenerational stewardship and asks what one generation owes the next.