'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.
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.
'Can the world close down for a year to save the planet?'
'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)
'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)
'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)
'Can the world close down for a year to save the planet?'
'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)
