Glowing girls. A deadly secret. And a little bit of poison.

It’s 1920s New Jersey, and Olive, Helen and Frances have just landed the jobs of their dreams. At the United States Radium Corporation, the wages are good, the work is glamorous and the girls get to paint watch dials with the miracle element of the age: radium.

What could possibly go wrong?

Beneath the shimmering façade of the factory, the Corporation is hiding a deadly secret. Soon, aching bones go unexplained, whispers from the factory floor begin to spread, and Olive starts seeing ghostly figures lurking in the shadows. When she realises that the radium itself may be responsible for the mysterious illnesses plaguing the workers, Olive sets out to expose the Corporation’s deadly lie … and, together with her friends, give the people at the top a taste of their own poison.

Inspired by the real stories of the radium dial painters of the 1920s, The Radium Girls is a darkly comic, horror-infused new musical about friendship, ambition, corporate greed and the young women who refused to stay quiet. With biting wit and a fresh new score, it’s a story of friendship, fury and the fight to make the truth glow.

Access Performances

Captioned Performance: Wednesday 21 April, 7pm