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The new play by the Royal Court's writer-in-residence&quote;When you close your eyes and you think about your home, what do you think about?&quote;Robert Evans is new to the police force, and his enthusiasm for the case is keener than that of his cynical colleague Gary Burroughs. They're both looking for a missing child. But as the mother, Dr Anne Schults, wants to know, when does &quote;missing&quote; become &quote;presumed dead&quote;? Simon Stephens' new play is a disquieting portrait of the many lives that are united in the single moment it takes for a child to disappear.Praise for Simon Stephens: &quote;A major new voice in British Theatre&quote; - Scotsman; &quote;Herons is filled with a sense of life's miraculous potential. It deals with damaged characters yet is imbued with a poetic lyricism&quote; - Guardian