Episode 544

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Published on:

29th Aug 2025

Peace Activist Playwright-Actor Michael Mears talks about Hiroshima play THE MISTAKE

UK actor and playwright Michael Mears joins Seek Sustainable Japan to

share insights about his latest play called THE MISTAKE - a two person

performance telling stories connected to the nuclear bombings of

Hiroshima 80 years ago.

https://michaelmears.org/

Arcola theatre about THE MISTAKE: A powerful reflection on the decisions

that changed the course of history and the human cost that followed.

In the 80th anniversary year of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings,

this is urgent, unforgettable theatre.

https://www.arcolatheatre.com/whats-on/themistake2025/

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6_szLiCp5s

An important play about nuclear weapons and the nuclear bombing of

Hiroshima.

play description:

"Shigeko Nomura is a young woman living in war-time Hiroshima.

Leo Szilard is a Hungarian scientist and ‘father of the atomic bomb’.

Paul Tibbets is the American pilot chosen to fly the plane that drops

the bomb.

At 8.15am on a Monday morning in August, their lives become fatally and

forever entangled."

https://michaelmears.org/the-mistake-a-new-play-about-the-day-the-world-changed-forever/

Michel Mears will be performing a bilingual version of THE MISTAKE in

Tokyo, Hiroshima and Tottori in September this year.

Contribute to their crowdfunding campaign.

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/taking-my-play-the-mistake-to-japan-in-september

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