CONSTELLATIONS

By Nick Payne

Directed by Sue Moore

WED 26 Feb – SAT 8 March 2025

A love story with infinite possibilities

“Every choice, every decision you’ve ever and never made exists in a unimaginably vast ensemble of parallel universes”

So says Marianne, in this dazzling play that feels alive with ideas, action and fizz, but is balanced with stillness and depth. A drama about time and memory, about death and grief, playful and profound, comic and mournful. It asks big questions..but also feels weightless and fun”.

Arifa Akbar, The Guardian

This play started at the Royal Court, then headed to Broadway, where it had a rapturous reception and back to the West End for a revival in 2021 with multiple casts.

This is a play about science, about bees, but at its heart it is first and foremost a wonderful love story.

Suppose that life exists in a multiverse -- a set of parallel existences that contain infinitely different outcomes. The possibilities in our lives are, quite literally, endless. Every possible event that could happen, does happen, in one universe or another. And if two lovers meet, every possible happy ending and heartbreak that could happen, will.

Marianne, a physicist, and Roland, a beekeeper, meet at a party. They hit it off, and go for a drink; or perhaps they don’t. They go home together, or maybe they go their separate ways. Perhaps Marianne is in a relationship with someone else, perhaps Roland is. Maybe she breaks his heart, maybe he breaks hers. Perhaps they come together and their love story can finally take root and grow, or perhaps it will be tragically cut short. Nick Payne’s beautiful play, Constellations, explores how even the smallest change in our lives can dramatically alter the course we take. It is a spellbinding exploration of love, science and the infinite possibility for

heartbreak or hope.

This amateur production of “Constellations” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd.

www.concordtheatricals.co.uk