Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's first orbit around the earth, Rona Munro's gripping new play, Little Eagles, charts the space race from the perspective of the Soviet Union. It tells the extraordinary story of Sergei Korolyov, chief designer and unsung hero of the Soviet space programme.
Under the leadership of this remarkable man, the USSR trounced the Americans in the space race achieving a series of firsts, including the first human in space.
This fascinating and little-known story illuminates the life and work of a brilliant engineer, who struggled to meet the military demands of his ruthless political masters, Khrushchev and Brezhnev, whilst devoting as much time as possible to his real passion, flying to the moon. He battles to achieve his nation's dream of dominating space while forced to risk the lives of the pilots, his beloved 'little eagles', including the first cosmonaut Gagarin, whose achievement amazed and delighted the world.
Little Eagles is on at Hampstead Theatre from 16 April to 7 May 2011.
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