Playwright Tom Neill tells us what audiences can expect at the rehearsed reading of his new script inspired by the climate change conundrum.
What inspired you to create this show? Why this story?
I’m very interested in the topic of the environment and climate change, and thinking about what I can do to help, and in learning about how it’s going to affect future lives, not just my own. So I wanted to dig in to that more, translate the data and issues in to the everyday world, and put them on the level of personal relationships.
What do audiences have to look forward to?
The script is shaping up well, with some unexpected comedy, as well as deep drama and emotion. I’m working music in to the show to provide an entertaining commentary on events. The whole subject has tremendous conflicts built in, with different beliefs, expectations and reality crashing in to each other, in intrinsically dramatic ways. So audiences can expect the full maelstrom of theatrical variety to get their heads and hearts in to.
Have there been any obstacles in the creation of this show / script?
Absolutely! The report itself is a massive document full of scientific language and data. So the biggest obstacle is my own ignorance. But that makes it interesting; ‘how do I draw out the key points and make them understandable and entertaining?’ It’s fascinating, creative and educative.
What inspired you to create this show? Why this story?
I’m very interested in the topic of the environment and climate change, and thinking about what I can do to help, and in learning about how it’s going to affect future lives, not just my own. So I wanted to dig in to that more, translate the data and issues in to the everyday world, and put them on the level of personal relationships.
What do audiences have to look forward to?
The script is shaping up well, with some unexpected comedy, as well as deep drama and emotion. I’m working music in to the show to provide an entertaining commentary on events. The whole subject has tremendous conflicts built in, with different beliefs, expectations and reality crashing in to each other, in intrinsically dramatic ways. So audiences can expect the full maelstrom of theatrical variety to get their heads and hearts in to.
Have there been any obstacles in the creation of this show / script?
Absolutely! The report itself is a massive document full of scientific language and data. So the biggest obstacle is my own ignorance. But that makes it interesting; ‘how do I draw out the key points and make them understandable and entertaining?’ It’s fascinating, creative and educative.