"I will arise and go now, for peace comes dropping slow, reads the male lead to his bed-bound partner and their dying, severely disabled newborn boy. These lines sing out in Guess How Much I Love You?, Luke Norris's new play about a couple navigating the premature loss of their child. Yeats's words capture the play's driving emotional forces: the possibility of finding peace after such profound trauma, the lifelong burn of unexpected bereavement and the temptation to end it all."
"Act 1 closes suddenly when the sinographer re-enters. The audience is thrown into a full blackout a recurring theme and rejoins the couple in their bedroom. Something unimaginable has happened. Their baby has been diagnosed with severe spina bifida a congenital condition that, in their case, all but guarantees constant pain, profound disability and round-the-clock care. The couple grapple with this tragedy and each other's responses to it"
Two young lovers await a 12-week scan in a London hospital, passing time with humour and intimacy that establishes their convincing relationship. A sudden blackout follows a devastating diagnosis: their unborn baby has severe spina bifida, predicted to cause constant pain, profound disability and round-the-clock care. The couple confronts immediate ethical decisions—continuing or terminating the pregnancy—and struggle with how grief, responsibility and fear reshape their futures, parenthood and mutual love. Performances convey warmth, wit and raw honesty, while staging uses small semi-circular sets and recurring blackouts to heighten intimacy and the play's emotional forces.
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