WHEN THE LILAC BLOOMS, MY LOVE is a vibrant thrilling first play by Jane Huxley who has been described as a 'detective of the human mind'. Set in modern-day suburbia. Nicky is a young woman who returns to the family home to break the news to her family that she is pregnant, taking the reluctant father-to-be (Darius) with her. On meeting the family (Simona (mother) and Milton (step-father)) and the live-in lodger Miss Mackensie a web of hidden passions unfolds that challenges the bonds between them.