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'Collapse is a new work that speaks to a concern that impacts us all – how we act when we are on the brink of collapse.
'Through the personal experiences of six young people in Canberra, Collapse explores the factors that have contributed to the destruction of civilisations past and the challenges that threaten our society today.
'What will be the final tipping point? Nuclear warfare. Over-population. Ecological degradation. Poor leadership.
'How do we respond when everything feels like it is spiralling out of control, and can we prevent it from falling apart?'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
Affiliation Notes
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Preppers and Survivalism in the AustLit Database
This work has been affiliated with the Preppers and Survivalism project due to its relationship to either prepping or prepper-inflected survivalism more generally, and contains one or more of the following:
1. A strong belief in some imminent threat
2. Taking active steps to prepare for that perceived threat- A range of activities not necessarily associated with ‘prepping’ take on new significance, when they are undertaken with the express purpose of preparing for and/or surviving perceived threats, e.g., gardening, abseiling.
- The plausibility of the threat, and the relative “reasonable-ness” of the response, don’t affect this definition. E.g., if someone is worried about climate change and climate disasters, and they respond by moving from a riverbank location in Cairns, or to a highland region of New Zealand, this makes them a prepper. If someone else is worried about brainwashing rays from outer space, and they respond by making a tinfoil hat, that makes them a prepper.
3. A character or characters (or text) who self-identify as a ‘prepper’, or some synonymous/modified term: ‘financial preppers’, ‘weekend preppers’, ‘fitness preppers’, etc.
Production Details
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Produced by Camberra Youth Theatre at Canberra Theatre Centre, 2019 season.
Director: Luke Rogers.
Movement: Chenoeh Miller.
Lighting Designer: Anthony Arblaster.
Sound Designer: Kimmo Vennonen.
Stage Manager: Ethan Hamill.
Cast: Alex Castello, Ash Hamilton, Jack Hubner, Tara McClelland, Charlotte Palmer, and Ted Stewart.
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Awards
- 2020 nominated AWGIE Awards — Stage Award — Community Theatre
