ALBATROSS

PRESENTED BY MENAGERIE THEATRE COMPANY
What does one generation owe the next?

By Martha Loader (Winner, George Devine Award 2025) 

Award-winning Martha Loader is one of the finest young playwrights working in Britain today. Albatross takes us to the very boundaries of love in the age of climate catastrophe. Do our deep family ties make us act with more care or blind to catastrophe?  

 

Alice, a successful scientist, returns from a gruelling Antarctic trip, to her daughter Alba and her mother Eve.  There’s been a flood, a new romance and now a strange gift.  It’s 1.30am.  Alba sleeps. Eve has never been more awake, dreaming of freedom from a life of commitment to others.  And Alice?  Maybe those cracks she discovered in the Antarctic ice have followed her home.  And maybe they’re also calling her to go back…  

 

Albatross explores how we mess up when we just want to make things better. Like all families, it is explosive, tender and often hilarious. It reveals the human heart to be more vulnerable than we hope but stronger than we believe. And throughout it all, the burning question – what does one generation owe the next?  

 

Brought to you by new writing powerhouse, Menagerie. 

26 - 30 MAY
7:30PM
2:30PM (SAT)
£20 STANDARD
£18 CONCESSION

ALBATROSS

PRESENTED BY MENAGERIE THEATRE COMPANY
What does one generation owe the next?

By Martha Loader (Winner, George Devine Award 2025) 

Award-winning Martha Loader is one of the finest young playwrights working in Britain today. Albatross takes us to the very boundaries of love in the age of climate catastrophe. Do our deep family ties make us act with more care or blind to catastrophe?  

 

Alice, a successful scientist, returns from a gruelling Antarctic trip, to her daughter Alba and her mother Eve.  There’s been a flood, a new romance and now a strange gift.  It’s 1.30am.  Alba sleeps. Eve has never been more awake, dreaming of freedom from a life of commitment to others.  And Alice?  Maybe those cracks she discovered in the Antarctic ice have followed her home.  And maybe they’re also calling her to go back…  

 

 

Albatross explores how we mess up when we just want to make things better. Like all families, it is explosive, tender and often hilarious. It reveals the human heart to be more vulnerable than we hope but stronger than we believe. And throughout it all, the burning question – what does one generation owe the next?  

 

 

Brought to you by new writing powerhouse, Menagerie. 

26 - 30 MAY
7:30PM
2:30PM (SAT)
£20 STANDARD
£18 CONCESSION

“Finds humanity in ways that complicate and deepen“

The Guardian, for Bindweed by Martha Loader

“Brooding and Intense”

The Stage, for Bindweed by Martha Loader

Judges Award

Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting

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Concessions

Concessions apply to students, under-18s, over-60s and more. For more info on our concession policy click here→

Accessibility

All performance spaces and facilities are fully wheelchair-accessible. For more info please contact Box Office on 0207 498 4699.

Ticket Collection

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Café Bar

Serving a menu of hot drinks, craft beers, wine and seasonal cocktails before and after every show and a full home-made food menu including freshly baked pastries, delicious cakes and savoury light bites from Friday – Sunday.

Content Warnings

Some strong language and one scene of a sexual nature

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Age Recommendation

14+

Duration

1 Hour 20 Mins