A play as scientific as it is romantic

AT its basic, British playwright Nick Payne's play, Constellations, is a romantic boy-meets-girl story. But throw in the fact that he's a beekeeper and she works in the field of quantum cosmology, you can expect some sparks there with pretty deep conversations.

In fact, quantum science is the clue to how the play is structured, points out director Bruce Guthrie, a long time collabor…