It’s 80 years since American atomic bombs were dropped on two Japanese cities.  As I write this, a new US President will be taking their seat in the White House.  And in early April we will be bringing my play THE MISTAKE, about the terrifying dangers of nuclear weapons, to the USA.  

We will be touring there for six weeks from the start of April, and it’s an expensive undertaking, though in order to help the tour proceed, I have chosen once again to be unpaid myself.

Potential sympathetic funding bodies in the UK won’t fund a project that goes abroad and I hesitated to reach out to friends and supporters one more time, but I’m going to do so – and ask if you can help us get the play to the USA, to share the urgent themes and message of the play with a wider, American, audience?  Join us in our efforts to enlighten, to illuminate, to change hearts and minds, through the emotional power of theatrical storytelling?   

Any donation however small will make a difference. Or even just sharing the appeal with anyone you think might be able to help.  Here’s the Crowdfunding link for donations which gives a lot more information.

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/taking-the-mistake-to-the-usa

With many thanks to everyone for taking the time to consider this.  

(Photos by Simon Richardson and poster design by Jerry Williams.)