Play by James Graham about Albert Einstein and the moral weight of the atomic bomb, starring Griff Rhys Jones and Joe Absolom.
Albert's Boy runs at the Salisbury Playhouse from Tuesday 13 April to Saturday 17 April 2027. It's a play about Albert Einstein, with Griff Rhys Jones taking the title role and Joe Absolom playing Peter. The production is directed by Terry Johnson and written by James Graham.
It's the second play Graham ever wrote, and it finds Einstein grappling with the moral weight of building the world's first weapon of mass destruction, the atomic bomb. The play is described as funny and achingly moving, and it forms part of Wiltshire Creative's Spring 2027 season at the Playhouse, staged and directed by the organisation's Artistic Director, Gareth Machin.
Graham has since become one of Britain's most celebrated playwrights and screenwriters, with credits including This House, Ink, Dear England, The Crown, Quiz and Sherwood. He also won the 2026 Olivier Award for Best New Play for Punch, so this is an early piece of his work coming to the stage long after he'd established himself.
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It runs for five days, from Tuesday 13 April to Saturday 17 April, at the Salisbury Playhouse in Salisbury.
