The Half-Life of Marie Curie
Doreen Black Box Theater, Areté
23 Aug 2024 07:00 pm
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30 Aug 2024 07:00 pm
In 1911, Marie Curie won her second Nobel Prize for her discovery of the elements radium and polonium. By 1912, she was the object of ruthless gossip over an alleged affair with the married Frenchman Paul Langevin, all but erasing her achievements from public memory.
Weakened and demoralized by the press lambasting her as a "foreign" Jewish temptress and a homewrecking traitor, Marie agrees to join her friend and colleague Hertha Ayrton, an electromechanical engineer and suffragette, and recover from the scandal at Hertha's seaside retreat on the British coast.
The Half-Life of Marie Curie revels in the power of female friendship as it explores the relationship between these two brilliant women, both of whom are mothers, widows, and fearless champions of scientific inquiry.
Starring Missy Maramara as Marie Curie
and Caisa Borromeo as Hertha Ayrton
THE HALF-LIFE OF MARIE CURIE
Written by Lauren Gunderson
Directed by Kiara Pipino
📍Doreen Black Box Theater, 3/F Soledad V Pangilinan Arts Wing, Areté, Ateneo de Manila University
🗓️August 23-25, 27-30 (7PM)
🗓️August 24 & 25 (3PM)
For tickets, visit bit.ly/MarieCurieMNL2024
🎟️General Public: PHP 700
🎟️Students, PWDs, Senior Citizens: PHP 560