Cirrus@Austlit

'Antarctica. A blizzard. Eight schoolkids are stranded in a shack, on the bottom of the world, with a sinister force circling outside…

'Our young explorers, in the ghostly footsteps of Ernest Shackleton, question their place in the natural and social order of the world as the limits of their courage are pushed into uncharted waters. Safety (and sanity) seems to be drifting farther and farther away.

'The younger generation is being called on to lead like never before. The power of nature and the nature of power are explored in this adventure story for the Greta Thunberg generation. A hypothermic flurry of comedy and thriller, Shack explores the territory between teen anxiety and teen invincibility. How do our young people learn to step up and lead, when sometimes just existing is hard enough?!

'So zip up your warmest parka and be ready for anything…'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

'Murder and revenge,  love and… goats? Hamlet is annoyed. He has enlisted a Company of Players to secretly rehearse his revenge play and they are late. They are to perform The Murder of Gonzago to catch out his uncle in his murderous lie. One small problem — The Players don’t know it. They gingerly offer up an alternative, something they’ve been tinkering with –  a brand new gender-bending comedy they’ve cooked up on the road. Hamlet is in no mood for comedy. Will he get these rag-tag actors ready to perform in time?'  (Production summary)