In permanent darkness where will we find the light?
An eclipse that never goes away. Penned by some of the Bristol's finest writers, "The Day That Broke" is an ensemble piece connecting 6 different stories that revolve around a solar eclipse. The various characters, on a number of timelines before, during, and after the event each respond differently to it - and indeed, those timelines become different worlds since the eclipse, mysteriously, never ends.—Sonia Wargacka
15 or so years in the future, Bea decides to leave the underground bunker where she has lived all her life with her mum, and venture above ground to find her grandfather. Along the way she meets a guide who promises to help her navigate the apocalyptic world without a sun. Eventually she finds her granddad, now a drunk, at a an abandoned cinema, together they watch a clip of a sunrise, before he vanishes.
In present day, Andy and June are getting married on the day of a solar eclipse. After just a few weeks together they are tying the knot, much to their parent's and friends concerns.
Ex con Malcolm believes the eclipse signals the end of the world - but no-one will listen to his words of wisdom, believing him to be a crazed preacher.
Grace and her friends gather at the Cresent in town to watch the eclipse, as the sky grows dark, and stays dark, panic ensues. In the frenzy Grace knocks her head...
Meanwhile Irena plans to leave her controlling husband, the local vicar. David begins to crumble under the pressure as his congregation turn to him for answers.
Shortly after the eclipse Chrissy heads off to work as usual, just another day cleaning at City Hall; the chaos of the eclipse becoming more evident.
Sometime later, Sarah is suspended from school for pushing another girl down the stairs. Her parents become concerned with her mental stability and she pushes more and more boundaries; believing there are no consequences to her actions - and they all exist in 'the matrix'.
