Radium Girls - 9.5 out of 10 stars Galleon Theatre Group Tickets Here :  Marion Cultural Centre – Radium Girls Radium Girls  is a gripping drama, based on the true story of female factory workers poisoned by radium-based paint in 1920s New Jersey. The play centres on three young women hired by the U.S.   Radium Corporation to paint watch and instrument dials, instructed to sharpen their brushes by licking the bristles before each stroke. Beneath the glow of innovation lies deceit and tragedy, as science, business, and ambition combine in a story both timely and timeless. D.W. Gregory ’ s script, written with warmth, wit, and a sharp moral conscience, examines the commercialisation of science, the exploitation of hope, and the cost of progress measured in human lives. Director Kym Clayton presents   Radium  Girls  in a consciously Brechtian manner. He invites audiences to think critically, rather than simply lose themselves in the story, aligning with Brecht’s own...