I thought everything would change, after the war And now, no one even mentions it It is as if we all got together in private and said whatever you do don8217t mention that, like it never happened It8217s the late 1940s Calm has returned to London and five people are recovering from the chaos of war In scenes set in a quiet dating agency, a bombedout church and a prison cell, the stories of these five lives begin to intertwine and we uncover the desire and regret that has bound them together Sarah Waters8217s story of illicit love and everyday heroism takes us from a dazed and shattered postwar Britain back into the heart of the Blitz, towards the secrets that are hidden there Oliviernominated playwright Hattie Naylor has created a thrilling and theatrically inventive adaptation of a great modern novel The stage adaptation of The Night Watch was premiered at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, on 16 May 2016