Darkling

Titas Halder author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Nick Hern Books

Published:17th Sep '26

Should be back in stock very soon

Darkling cover

'I walk home. The skyline is changed. I see the factory anew against the sky. 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 always wanted more for them – now the girl wants more too. Then comes the night that tears everything apart.

Ferocious, brutal and damning, Darkling is an epic story of a life ravaged by ecological disaster. Titas Halder's play premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in 2026, directed by Matthew Xia and co-produced with Actors Touring Company, before touring the UK.

'Powerful... a harrowing invective against capitalism and ecological calamity... a theatrical spectacle... impressively evocative and lyrical writing... conjures beautiful scenes... convincing and emotional... a lasting impact'

* Broadway World *

'An intense and incredibly important act of remembrance'

* Everything Theatre *

'Captivating... not an easy watch at all... despite this, you simply cannot look away... this is one production which won't leave your thoughts for a long time after the lights go up'

* Theatre & Tonic *

'Potent... plays out like a vision of hell'

* Time Out *

'Evocative and vividly drawn'

* The Stage *

'A striking tribute to the victims of the disaster, carefully told by a brilliant and thoughtful team. Titas Halder's play preserves the humanness of Bhopal before the chemical leak and offers an important, meaningful perspective to this tragedy and ones much like it'

* A Young(ish) Perspective *

'Delicate and devastating... an important account of the Bhopal disaster'

* Liam O'Dell *

'Incredibly emotional... there is no doubting the power of Halder's writing... deeply affecting'

* All That Dazzles *

'Powerful... genuinely touching... a deeply human story of family, childhood, loss and survival'

* Afridiziak Theatre Ne

ISBN: 9781839046186

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 6mm

Weight: 97g

80 pages