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'It’s the year 2030 and there is an immediate climate crisis. With little choice remaining, world leaders make a collective, pragmatic decision to save the planet. For an entire year, all 8.5 billion humans on Earth will hibernate.
'Gas will be launched into the atmosphere and the human population will be immediately plunged into a deep sleep, leaving the natural world to reset. The reset of the human world is not what was expected.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Production Details
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Premiered with the State Theatre Company of South Australia at the Dunstan Playhouse, 13-28 August 2021.
Director: Mitchell Butel.
Set and Costume Designer: Jonathan Oxlade.
Lighting Designer: Gavin Norris.
Sound Designer: Andrew Howard.
Cast: Rashidi Edward, Ezra Juanta, Mark Saturno, and Kialea-Nadine Williams.
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Playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer
2021
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— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 21-27 August 2021;'The night before meeting Finegan Kruckemeyer, I watched the episode of Chef’s Table that features Milk Bar founder Christina Tosi, a pastry juggernaut who makes maximalist sweets such as three-tiered confetti cakes and cookies stuffed with chocolate, coffee grounds and pretzels.' (Publication summary)
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Could Sending Humans to Sleep for a Year Help Solve the Climate Crisis? A New Play, Hibernation, Asks This Question
2021
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— Appears in: The Conversation , 19 August 2021; -
The Big Sleep
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7 August 2021; (p. 7)
— Review of Hibernation 2021 single work drama'Adelaide playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer’s play, set in the not-too-distant future, poses a radical solution to climate change, writes Miriam Cosic It can’t be easy being creative in times of organic catastrophe. Human catastrophes, such as war, are different: the artist Goya and the poet Celan, among many, taught us how to ponder deeply the harm humans bring to each other.' (Introduction)
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The Big Sleep
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 7 August 2021; (p. 7)
— Review of Hibernation 2021 single work drama'Adelaide playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer’s play, set in the not-too-distant future, poses a radical solution to climate change, writes Miriam Cosic It can’t be easy being creative in times of organic catastrophe. Human catastrophes, such as war, are different: the artist Goya and the poet Celan, among many, taught us how to ponder deeply the harm humans bring to each other.' (Introduction)
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Could Sending Humans to Sleep for a Year Help Solve the Climate Crisis? A New Play, Hibernation, Asks This Question
2021
single work
column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 19 August 2021; -
Playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer
2021
single work
column
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 21-27 August 2021;'The night before meeting Finegan Kruckemeyer, I watched the episode of Chef’s Table that features Milk Bar founder Christina Tosi, a pastry juggernaut who makes maximalist sweets such as three-tiered confetti cakes and cookies stuffed with chocolate, coffee grounds and pretzels.' (Publication summary)