The Welkin (Atlantic Theater Company)
The Welkin (Atlantic Theater Company)
81%
81%
(149 Ratings)
Positive
85%
Mixed
9%
Negative
6%
Members say
Great acting, Absorbing, Ambitious, Intense, Great writing

About the Show

In 1759 England, 12 women debate a woman's fate amid Halley's comet's return. 

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Critic Reviews (14)

The New York Times
June 14th, 2024

"CRITIC’S PICK:...clever perversion of a courtroom drama"
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New York Theatre Guide
June 12th, 2024

"...spiky meditation on women and motherhood as seen from every angle"
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New York Magazine / Vulture
June 12th, 2024

"Kirkwood’s play is concerned with the minuscule scale of our knowledge"
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New Yorker
June 13th, 2024

"The British playwright Lucy Kirkwood’s 'The Welkin' exorcises the jury-room drama."
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The Wall Street Journal
June 13th, 2024

"The Welkin illuminates the oppressed lives of women of the time"
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The Observer
June 12th, 2024

"That comet does a lot of heavy metaphorical lifting"
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Theatermania
June 12th, 2024

"The Welkin is a timely reminder that we’re all subject to the context in which we live."
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Lighting & Sound America
June 20th, 2024

“…vigorous, imaginative…one regrets how it peaks about halfway through the second act”
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