Synopsis

London, the present

A nameless woman wanders through a pulsing, hallucinatory London, her consciousness fractured by grief and longing. Seven years after the death of her lover, she embarks on a feverish journey through the city, desperate to feel something – anything – to fill the void left behind. As she moves from the intimacy of her bedroom to the charged atmosphere of the underground, cafes, and bustling streets, her perceptions blur the line between memory and desire, past and present.

The play pulsates with themes of loss, time, and the human need for intimacy. Scientific concepts like entropy and thermodynamics become metaphors for the inexorable march of time and the impossible desire to recapture the past. As the woman ricochets between memories of her lost love and electric encounters with strangers, “Nuclear War” offers a haunting exploration of grief, desire, and the struggle to remain present in a world that keeps moving forward, with or without us.