Atlantis

About the show

'This government isn’t gonna take action until the river Thames is lapping at their f***ing doorstep!'

In a small coastal village in Wales, Bryn and Gwen learn they will be forced to abandon their cherished home in the face of rising seawater. Their crisis rekindles Gwen’s crusading spirit, cradled at the Greenham Common protests in the 1980s – a commitment inherited by her granddaughter Rhiannon. But as the years pass, their passionate activism threatens to divide mother from daughter, sister from brother, husband from wife.

Emily White’s lyrical, deeply touching and thought-provoking play, winner of the George Devine Award, follows four generations as they discover the cost of saving their home – and the planet.

Director Guy Jones (Blackout SongsHampstead, O, Island! RSC) makes his Chichester debut.