Company Of Angels, Salisbury Playhouse

This is a story about protecting the people you love – and avenging their loss

It's October 23, 2002, and Olga and her daughter are settling into their seats at the Dubrovka Theatre in Moscow. They're about to watch 'Nordost' – a family musical, a song-and-dance spectacular about the glories of Russian soldiers.

Across town, Zura, a young Chechen widow, sits in a van. Around her, other young widows, who have loved and lost before their 20th birthday.

Outside a hospital, Tamara, a doctor, is taking a break from ambulance duty when a call comes over the radio: Chechen militants have laid siege to the Dubrovka Theatre.

This extraordinary, multi-award-winning play presents the experiences of three women willing to sacrifice their lives for the people they love. This UK premiere by Company of Angels combines three outstanding British actresses with a 'silent chorus' of young people from Bath.

This is a play about hate, but it is also a play about love.