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  • SHYBAIRN presents

    This is What Utopia Looks Like

    Sat 9 - Sun 10 Nov at 2pm, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm, 7pm, 8pm, 9pm
    Tickets £8 - £12 (+ booking fee)
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    From mushroom bricks and earthships, to teleportation in the blink of an eye, join us to visualise a liveable future, only then can we fight for it.
    Content Notice
    Running Time 30 mins
    Wheelchair Accessible
    Wheelchair Accessible
    Relaxed Performance
    Relaxed Performance
    Assistance dogs welcome
    Assistance dogs welcome
    Content Notice
    Content NoticeSuitable for all ages (but under 16s must be accompanied by a parent/carer/guardian)

    THIS IS WHAT UTOPIA LOOKS LIKE is a performance installation to radically imagine a liveable future. 

    From mushroom bricks and earthships, to teleportation in the blink of an eye, the utopian visions of teenagers meet the climate solutions of academics in this installation for climate hope. Together, we’ll visualise a liveable future. Only then can we fight for it.

    "A bit of euphoria" - Audience member

    Awareness of the climate crisis & its impacts has grown hugely in recent years. Yet the focus is on the horrors that unfold if we stick with the status quo. Unearthing these horrors isn’t igniting change fast enough; we think it’s time for a different approach focussed on hope, optimism and big ideas.

    “It is more important than ever to harness the optimism & imagination required to build the world we so urgently need. We need a new narrative, a new story for the future.” - Alice Aedy, Climate Storyteller 

    30 minute performances every hour. You can move freely through the space, take a seat with a performer to share a story, or listen to a calming meditation of ideas.

    Recipient of Camden People's Theatre's Outside The Box Commission. Supported by the Royal Victoria Hall Foundation.

    ""A bit of euphoria""
    Audience member on THIS IS WHAT UTOPIA LOOKS LIKE Work in Progress
    ""It made me feel hopeful""
    Audience member on THIS IS WHAT UTOPIA LOOKS LIKE Work in Progress
    ""A powerhouse of underrepresented voices about a subject normally framed in such a cliche, snoozy way.""
    Jamie Eastlake, Artistic Director of Laurels Theatre [on BURNOUT
    ""A show that deserves a future, as it encorages us to look to our own.""
    Tracey Sinclair [on BURNOUT]

    "Companies like us genuinely would not be making theatre if it was not for the ability of CPT and its team to identify artists who are worth taking a chance on."

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