Your First Look
Videography: Chewboy Productions
A clubland coming-of-age story.
“It’s Friday, 5pm. The Streets’r tipsy with possibility, expectation… Everybody’s dreaming, beaming, getting steaming for the night ahead…”
This heartpounding story follows Lindsay Jenkins, a young Donny lass with an A in English, a thirst for hedonism, and it’s exactly £4.25 for the taxi home.
Amidst the chaotic finale of 90s nightlife, the backdrop of post-Thatcher Britain and during the UK’s first heterosexual HIV cluster, Children of the Night is a love letter to the working-class cultural pulse of the North, mixing kitchen-sink drama with spoken-word dance-floor euphoria.
Shortlisted for the 2023 Women’s Prize for Playwriting, 2024 New Diorama Untapped Award and inspired by the testimony of 30 people from Doncaster.
Supported by Arts Council England, Right Up Our Street, Cast and Stage One.
“Funny. Brassy. Pounding. A really strong debut” Dominic Cavendish
“A quietly perceptive account of working-class female experience” The Guardian
“Bristles with an energy” The Stage
“Beautifully written and powerfully performed, this is a triumph of Northern storytelling” Theatre Weekly
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Access Performances
Captioned Performance: Thursday 19 March, 7.30pm
Details
Theatre: The Little
Monday – Saturday: 7.30pm
Tuesday & Saturday: 3pm
Running Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
No interval and no re-entry.
We strongly advise that you arrive early and take your seats in advance of the start time as there is a no latecomers policy.
Technical Guidance
This production contains flashing lights, loud noises and use of herbal cigarettes.
Content Guidance
This production contains strong language, references to death, sex, and HIV-related stigma, and depictions of racism, sexism, sex under the influence and alcohol abuse.
Recommended for ages 16+.
Please contact us if you require any further information.
Captioned Performance: Thursday 19 March, 7.30pm
Post Show Events
All Children of The Night post show events are being held after the evening (7.30pm) performance. Entry is free with a ticket to the same day’s evening performance.
Thursday 2 April – Post show discussion with Danielle Phillips (writer/performer, Children of The Night) and a representative from Terrence Higgins Trust.
Music
The Sound of the 90s
Feel the pulse of 90s clubland with this collection of anthems featured in and inspiring Children of the Night. Step into Lindsay’s world and let these tracks take you back to Saturday nights filled with hedonism, dreams, and dancefloor euphoria.
The Company
Danielle Phillips
Lindsay
Gareth Radcliffe
Terry
Charlotte Brown
Jen
