Dr Diane Cassell is a leading light in the earth sciences department of a major northern university. She’s also the “heretic” whose research seems to contradict the standard quasi-religious doctrines about climate change. Unfortunately when your daughter is an anorexic eco-warrior and your boss thinks global warming is a cash cow, that’s bound to lead to trouble, not to mention death threats from the Sacred Earth Militia.
Richard Bean’s riotous black comedy The Heretic won the 2011 Evening Standard Award for Best Play. Bean’s hugely successful work also includes the National Theatre smash hit One Man, Two Guvnors.
The politics of science, the idiocy of academia, and the chaos of family life collide in a wonderfully irreverent play about truth, lonely hearts, brilliant minds and blowing yourself up on Top Gear …
“Writer Richard Bean’s treatment of this divisive topic proves fascinating stuff… Worth a watch, treated well thanks to an accomplished cast and direction.” — Manchester Evening News
The Heretic was commissioned by Sonia Freidman Productions, London; first stage production, Royal Court Theatre, London.
The Heretic contains strong language.
Listn to what some of you thought of the show…
And here we look back at our journey and all the nice things you said about the production…