Overview
Parents-to-be
Kurt and Martha just want the best for their baby. They’re not afraid
of hard work – the latest buggy doesn’t come cheap. But when Kurt’s boss
offers him a chance to make some easy money with a mysterious side job,
his rashness catches up with him.
A fable about the moral and environmental cost of our materialistic
nesting instincts, Conor McPherson’s powerful new version of Franz Xaver
Kroetz’s Das Nest premiered at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast, in 2016 and the Young Vic, London, directed by Ian Rickson.