Earthquakes in London

[2] The play centres on the lives and loves of three sisters, abandoned long ago by their doom-mongering father.

The eldest sister (Lia Williams) is a cabinet minister who plans to halt all airport expansion, choosing environment over economy.

The middle sister (Anna Madeley) is heavily pregnant and growing increasingly depressed about the uncertain future her child is being born into.

[3][4] The original cast includes Lucy May Barker, Gary Carr, Clive Hayward, Brian Ferguson, Polly Frame, Tom Goodman-Hill, Michael Gould, Anna Madeley, Bill Paterson, Jessica Raine, Geoffrey Streatfeild and Lia Williams.

Rupert Goold was "longlisted" for the 2010 Evening Standard Theatre Awards for his direction of the original production.