West End musical tells story of Briton who fell in love with an American during 9/11 atrocity [Video]

18:33 EDT 01 Mar 2019, updated 07:15 EDT 21 Mar 2025

Most big blockbuster disaster movies have a romance running alongside the impending doom. Even when the world seems to be ending, and terror and tragedy are everywhere, romance will blossom.

And however dire the conditions, it won’t stop the heroine starting every day with a full face of make-up.

It’s not real life, though, is it? Well, sometimes, it is.

Nick and Diane Marson actually did wonder if the world was ending on the day they met. Little wonder that after the first flurry of attraction, and after they went their separate ways, they both questioned how ‘real’ their romance had been.

‘Emotions were so heightened. Everything was so surreal that afterwards, when we were thinking: “Could we make a go of this?”, there was a doubt there. You are thinking: “What if the person I met, in those exceptional circumstances, isn’t the real person?” ’ admits Nick.

They both …