The Earthworks

In October 2023 it was announced that the play would be staged at the Young Vic Theatre, London, directed by Andrea Ling (winner of the 2023 Genesis Future Directors Award).

[1] The play is set on the eve of the activation of the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, Switzerland, and concerns the meeting of a scientist and a journalist.

[2] In her four star review for the Evening Standard, Fiona Mountford described the play as "small-scale and delicate... Morton-Smith reminds us that it's the most intimate human connections that have the greatest impact.

"[3] Lyn Gardner in her Guardian review asked "who wouldn't love a play that uses a custard fight to explain mass?

"[4] However, the Daily Telegraph gave the double-bill a two star review, and stated that Earthworks showed the "great difficulty" of following Morton-Smith's previous work Oppenheimer.