Children of the Sun

<p><i>I am attempting to colonise the last frontier. Time Elena time. If we could inhabit different iterations of self we could undo all the mistakes of the past. Don't you see?</i> <p/>Hilary Fannin's radical adaptation of Maxim Gorky's classic 1905 dark comedy reworks the original text and draws it into the here and now. <i>Children of the Sun </i>is the story of a small family and their quixotic collection of acquaintances entertaining and enraging each other while unseen beyond their fragile walls their world is being reshaped by unstoppable forces. <p/>The play asks how we survive without the benefit of hindsight and whether science art or love are capable of saving us from uncertainty and destruction. <p/>Co-produced by Rough Magic and the Abbey Theatre <i>Children of the Sun</i> premiered on the Abbey stage as part of Rough Magic's 40th-anniversary year in April 2024. This edition was published to coincide with that production.</p>