The Nation

[aka Motherland]

Directed by Gareth Nicholls

Part of the Traverse Theatre’s First Stages Festival 2019.

The Nation [aka Motherland] was selected from over 600 unsolicited scripts, and received a year of development at the Traverse Theatre. It was then presented as a rehearsed reading directed by the Traverse’s Artistic Director Gareth Nicholls.

The Nation [aka Motherland] is a 2-hand dystopic thriller about the energy crisis, competition in the work place, and the tension between looking out for yourself and needing a helping hand.

★ Top 100 in Verity Bargate Award 2019 ★

★ Longlisted RSC's 37 Plays ★

The Nation is the greatest country in the world … that nobody wants to work with.

The power plants are failing, blackouts are frequent and the population has a problem sustaining itself.

We follow Georgia, fairly new to her job as a university researcher, and Joan, a seasoned pro, as they are tasked with solving The Nation’s energy crisis. But in the midst of this there are rumours that people are going missing in the night, and the helicopters over head are awfully loud.

In a nation where working together is paramount but working with others isn’t, we follow Georgia and Joan as they navigate the greatest nation on earth, where it seems like competition is always just right around the corner.

This play is currently unproduced and unattached.

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