DARKLING
★★★★★
"Impossible to look away"
London Theatre Reviews
“I walk home. The skyline is changed. The skeleton is fast becoming a huge metal creature. They have built a behemoth here”
Bhopal. India. 1984.
Born under a blue sky in a city of lakes, a girl grows up with her father and sister. The three of them together, always.
But as she grows, the land begins to change. A giant factory rises over her town. Her mother wanted more for them -
now she wants more too. Then comes the night that tears everything apart.
CREATIVE
Darkling played at the Bush Theatre in September - October 2026 starring Linnea Berthelsen (Stranger Things).
writer Titas Halder
director Matthew Xia
set & costume Simon Kenny
lighting Rajiv Pattani
composer Nirag Chag
sound design Beth Duke
producer ATC, Bush Theatre
cast Linnea Berthelsen
Linnea Berthelsen in Darkling
Photo: Alex Brenner
PRESS
★★★★★
"Devastating"
Theatre and Tonic
★★★★
"So vividly drawn that you can see, smell, touch and taste it"
The Stage
★★★★
"Berthelsen is gloriously tragic"
Broadway World
★★★★
"Visceral"
A Young(ish) Perspectiveb
★★★★
"There is no doubting the power of Halder's writing"
All That Dazzles
★★★★
"Devastating"
Read About Stuff
★★★★
"Intense
LondonTheatre1
★★★★★
"Incredibly Powerful"
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