Thursday, 24 October 2019 at 2:30 pm – Saturday, 16 November 2019 at 7:30 pm

Light Falls

A new play by Simon Stephens, Professor of Scriptwriting at Manchester Metropolitan University

Date: 24th October 2019 – 16th November 2019

Time: Matinees and evening performances available

Location: Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester M2 7PE

Tickets: Available on the Royal Exchange Website here

“LOOK ME IN THE EYE AND TELL ME YOU’LL NEVER LEAVE ME.”

A woman wakes up with a stranger beside her. A student argues with his lover. A single mother fights to feed her baby. A married man flirts with two younger women.

And far away, one devastating event is about to change all their lives forever.

Artistic Director Sarah Frankcom says goodbye to the Royal Exchange with an extraordinary new play by Simon Stephens, with original music by Jarvis Cocker. Connecting five relatives in five disparate English towns, from Blackpool to Durham, LIGHT FALLS is a richly layered play about life in the face of death, about
how our love survives us after we’ve gone – and about how family, community and kindness help the North survive.