Valhalla

"You know the words but when it comes to pain and fear and love we are a breed apart…"

Valhalla by Paul Murphy – the second play in Theatre503’s autumn season and the joint winner of their inaugural international Playwriting Award – is a tense psychological thriller set in a world in which men have become gods, but gods have become depraved.

As violence sweeps the city, a young couple flee to an isolated Nordic research facility. On the brink of discovering the cure for a devastating disease, cracks start to appear in their marriage as they are forced to choose between conflicting allegiances to love and science.

Conceived against a backdrop of bewitching Icelandic scenery, this extraordinary play asks questions about the ethics of genetic research, fertility and the endurance of human love.