Albatross at Farnham Maltings, Surrey

Albatross, written by George Devine and Bruntwood Prize winner Martha Loader and directed by Patrick Morris, is a new play commissioned by Menagerie Theatre that follows glaciologist Alice and her mother Eve as they navigate unspoken secrets and difficult truths when Alice returns home from Antarctica in the middle of the night. Set against the backdrop of the climate emergency, the play examines intergenerational relationships and the weight of what one generation owes the next. Rooted in two years of research and interviews with Antarctic researchers, including female scientists and mothers, the production stars Caroline Rippin as Alice and Agnes Lillis as Eve.