DARKLING

Actors Touring Company & Bush Theatre have announced that international screen star Linnea Berthelsen, will make her UK stage debut in the World Premiere of Darkling by Titas Halder, directed by the acclaimed national touring company’s Olivier-award-winning Artistic Director Matthew Xia. Berthelsen, best known globally for her breakout role as Kali Prasad (008) the sister of ‘Eleven/Jane’ in Netflix’s worldwide phenomenon Stranger Things, will bring her compelling screen presence to live audiences in the UK for the very first time. Darkling opens at Bush Theatre on 5 September before touring to Birmingham Rep, Oxford’s The North Wall Arts Centre, and HOME, Manchester until 14 November 2026.

I walk home. The skyline is changed.
The skeleton is fast becoming a huge metal creature.
They have built a behemoth here.

Bhopal. India. 1984

Born under a blue sky in a city of lakes, a girl grows up with her father and sister. The three of them together, always.

But as she grows, the land begins to change. A giant factory rises over her town. Her mother always wanted more for them – now the girl wants more too.

Then comes the night that tears everything apart.

Ferocious, brutal and damning, this epic story of a life ravaged by ecological disaster.

Darkling exposes the human impact of the 1984 Bhopal gas leak disaster. The production weaves memory and trauma into a visceral narrative that serves as a powerful indictment of corporate malpractice. 

Where: Bush Theatre, London, W12 8LJ

When: 05 Sept – 24 Oct 2026

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Other Dates

Birmingham Rep: 30 & 31 Oct 2026

The North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford : 03 & 04 Nov 2026

HOME, Manchester: 11 – 14 Nov 2026

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