Bliss

<i>It's good to see you're alive. Good to know not all the ghosts in the streets are enemies...</i><br/><br/>1921. Russia. Winter. When Nikita returns home from the brutal civil war he attempts to start a new life with his drunken father Mikhail and his new wife Lyuba the feisty young girl he remembers from his school days. When Nikita fails to consummate his marriage - all the while aware that he is being haunted by a mysterious figure - escape is the only solution he can find. He finally emerges in a new town further along the Potudan River only to be accused of an ambiguous crime against the Soviet State...<br/><br/>Based on a short story by the Russian writer Andrey Platonov (1899-1951) <i>Bliss</i>is a kaleidoscope of hopes dreams and realities as the survivors of years of devastating war and political revolution search for their 'bliss' in post-war Soviet Russia. They quickly learn that a society needs time to recover from catastrophe and that the future is only built by those who manage to accept their past.<br/><br/>This edition of <i>Bliss</i> was published alongside the world premiere at the Finborough Theatre London in May 2022.<br/>