Michael Longhurst
On The Beach
theatre
Thirty years ago, Robin Paxton silenced his radical thinking on climate change and with his wife Jenny withdrew from public life to their home on the Norfolk coast. Now, Robin's son Will, a glaciologist, has taken on his father's work. He returns from months in the Antarctic to tell his parents he will take up a role within government.
Yet behind the happy reunion with his father, lies thirty years of secrecy and bitterness. As the truth surfaces, the family is torn apart, and Robin and Jenny must face the rising tide alone.
The Contingency Plan was named the Best New Play of 2009 by Time Out.
A triumph...some of the very finest dramatic components London has seen this year: sophisticated writing, slick direction and superlative acting *****
Fiona MountfordEvening Standard
The Telegraph
Time Out
