Transporting audiences back to the euphoria and chaos of Northern England in the 1990s, Mad Friday Productions’ is delighted to present their gripping drama Children of the Night.
Touring the UK this 2026 the drama comes to Salford in February
Shortlisted for both the 2023 Women’s Prize for Playwriting and the 2024 New Diorama Untapped Award, this will be writer Danielle Phillips’ debut play.
Living amidst the electric finale of 90s nightlife, post-Thatcher Britain and during the UK’s first heterosexual HIV cluster, Lindsay Jenkins is a young Donny lass with an undeniable thirst for hedonism.
Inspired by her single dad (an ex-miner and old school raver), Lindsey pulsates her way through ‘Yorkshire’s very own Vegas’, navigating sexual health, grief and the perceived ‘lack of ambition’ in working-class towns – all of which she encounters across three long summers on Doncaster’s relentless dancefloor.
Children of the Night is a love letter to the working-class cultural pulse of the North, mixing kitchen-sink drama with spoken word dance floor euphoria. Developed using the testimonies of over 30 local Doncaster people, the piece is a tapestry of personal truth that proudly centres the resilience and spirit of ordinary people, the power of female friendships and the importance of the nightlife economy within local communities.
20th – 21st February 2026
The Lowry, Pier 8, The Quays, Salford, M50 3AZ
https://thelowry.com/whats-on/children-of-the-night-h87z
