Unprecedented
Laycock Street Community Theatre, North Gosford
Presented by Hothouse Theatre
From the writer and theatre company which brought you the acclaimed verbatim play Embers comes Unprecedented, a new play raging at the fault lines in the national response to the ‘Black Summer' bushfires of 2019-20
by Campion Decent
Directed by Karla Conway
Meticulously researched and drawing on numerous sources, award winning playwright Campion Decent fashions a gripping account of the fires – the smoke that choked our nation, the isolated communities left to fend for themselves, the heroism and the deep tragedy of the coronial inquests. The play asks urgent questions about survival in the face of political stagnancy and a growing climate emergency; and examines our capacity for resilience against a rising tide of devastating environmental disasters.
Unprecedented expands the conversation HotHouse commenced on Australia's relationship to fire through Embers about the 2003 North East Victorian fires – extending the lens nationally. Against the backdrop of political short-termism and a polarising media landscape, Unprecedented protests.
Part verbatim, part history, and part polemic; with incisive humour and powerful tenderness Unprecedented takes the pulse of the nation as we stand at the precipice. Ultimately, asking: Is the status quo enough? Do we need to do more? What do we really value?
As the Chair of the 2020 Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements remarked:
“Unprecedented is not a reason to be unprepared. We need to be prepared for the future.”.
Directed by Karla Conway
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