The fact that Tom Morton-Smith's new play is a thought-provoking work of theatre comes as no surprise given its subject matter. The Oppenheimer of the title is the ambitious and charismatic Julius Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist who became known as ‘the father of the atomic bomb’. Morton-Smith’s play focuses in on the scientist as he works on the Manhattan Project, the research undertaking which would ultimately lead to the creation of a weapon so devastating that, with the detonation of a single device, it would bring about the end of the Second World War.

Oppenheimer shows at The Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon from Thurs 15 January to Sat 7 March and we've joined with the theatre to offer readers the chance to win one of two pairs of tickets to the 7.30pm performance on Thursday 26 February.

Competition closes 13 February

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In which year was the first atomic bomb detonated

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