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Issue Details: First known date: 2023... 2023 Scenes from the Climate Era
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'Life, love, and making money, as things heat up.

'“We knew there was a mass extinction happening, we all felt bad about it. But you couldn’t think about it every second of every day. I had a bad breakup that year, I was trying to pay rent. We were just living our lives.”

'A frog, the last of its species, starts calling for a mate, but there’s no-one to hear.

'A group of friends reminisce about the last time they took a flight, before all that came to an end.

'Landholders in Borneo confront western environmentalists over who owns the forest.

'A scientist is coached on how to speak to the media in digestible soundbites.

'A family takes to the water, needing a new home, new hope…

'A remarkable, illuminating, shocking, wry, and sometimes inspiring piece of theatre, Scenes from the Climate Era is exactly what it says – over fifty small plays that catch the exhilaration, frustration and fascination of living in interesting times.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Production Details

  • Presented by Belvoir Street Theatre, 27 May - 25 June 2023.

    Director: Carissa Licciardello.

    Cast inlcudes Abbie-Lee Lewis, Brandon McClelland, and Charles Wu.

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