The Human Body

Set in 1948 Shropshire, Lucy Kirkwood's play follows Dr Iris Elcock, a GP, local Labour councillor and wife and mother, as she finds herself caught between private duty and public purpose in the months leading up to the launch of the NHS. Against the backdrop of post-war Britain, Iris is asked to help shape a new world while managing the pressures of family life and political ambition. The arrival of George Blythe, a local man who has reinvented himself in Hollywood, unsettles her orderly life and opens up a story of romance, memory and competing futures.