The world is ending, sure. But what happens in between? A fast-paced, funny and wildly inventive look at 250 years of real and imagined history through the eyes of three couples.
The Old Fitz Theatre
Press Release
Sydney
1856, New York. Eunice sits in what will become Central Park and wonders if her research into CO2 is telling her something is going horribly wrong.
2027, London. Claire falls in love as the heatwave breaks, and the streets begin to flood.
2100, Svalbard. While an 86-day storm rages outside, Ana hears a baby crying in the seed vault.
The world is ending, sure. But what happens in between? A fast-paced, funny and wildly inventive look at 250 years of real and imagined history through the eyes of three couples.
Photographer: Daniel Moxham
Approximate Run Time: 80 minutes (no interval).
Content Warnings: Contains themes of grief, climate anxiety and birth anxiety; and descriptions of extreme weather events, drowning, burning and suicide
Presenting Company: Witches of Waterloo Productions; Writer: Flora Wilson Brown; Director: Kim Hardwick; Producers: Liminka Pather & Lily Rawson; Associate Producer: Poppy Cozens; Marketing and Assistant Producer: Alex Reid-Queeny; Stage Manager: Kate Moore; Costume & Props Designer: Lily Moody; Costume & Props Assistant: Jaz Ady; Lighting Designer: Topaz Marley Cole; Sound Designer: Otto Zagala; Dialect: Linda Nicholls-Gidley; Cast (of 6): Liminka Pather (Clare), Lily Rawson (Ana), Tierney Clarke (Eunice), Cameron Steven (John), Reid Perry (Dan), Daniel Francis-Swaby (Malcolm)
