“We are all cogs in a vast and complicated machine. It may turn out to be an infernal machine which could blow us all to smithereens”

Tom Harrison and Charles Madge, Mass Observation: Britain (1938)

Coronation day, 1937: A young women stumbles into a revolutionary rally aimed at shaking up British society and falls instantly in love.

Jubilee Weekend, 2012: A man with a terrible hangover is stranded in an old people’s home and loses reception.

Two cogs in the machine, a generation apart, come loose.

This show by award-winning Inspector Sands examines 95 years that go by in a flash and an afternoon that lasts an eternity.

“As charged and heart-breaking as anything you will see on stage” - The Guardian

Commissioned by the Almeida Theatre and The New Wolsey Theatre. Supported by The Corn Exchange Newbury. Developed with support from The Darkroom, Edinburgh International Festival, Southbank Centre, National Theatre Studio, Ovalhouse and Battersea Arts Centre. With thanks to Shoreditch Town Hall, The Michael Croft Theatre and the Mass Observation Archive. Supported by the Arts Council England.