We’ll Dance oN The Ash of the Apocalypse
Theatre, 60 mins
Near future. A young couple living in a world ravaged by climate change face a terrifying prospect; an unplanned pregnancy. Together they must decide whether they can bring a defenceless child into a seemingly hopeless world.
Cast - Maite Jáuregui, Danny Horn Playwright, Director - Melissa-Kelly Franklin
“A bounty of entertaining and passionate dialogue… asking some big questions... and leaves us with a lingering feeling of hope.” ★★★★ NORTH WEST END UK
“This thoughtful, engaging play… encourages us to see… that through rebellion a different world is possible.” BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE
“When it comes to amorphous questions like hope, art can often take us where philosophy falls short… We’ll Dance on the Ash of the Apocalypse harnesses the power of art to tackle these morally-fraught issues.” COMMON HOME MAGAZINE
FESTIVALS
PARK THEATRE London, Come What May Festival, 2022
Reykjavík Fringe, 2022 (dir. by Sólveig Eva, feat. Bergdis Julia & Arnar Hauksson, trans. Urður G. Norðdahl)
Scenesaver Honour Awards, 2021 - Finalist for BEST PLAYWRIGHT
Brighton Fringe, 2021 - Nominated for AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD
Edinburgh Fringe, 2021
Camden Fringe, 2021 - Nominated for OFF-FEST AWARD for BEST THEATRE (Offies/Off West End Awards)
New Zealand Fringe, 2021
Auckland Fringe, 2021
Desert Fest / Alice Springs Fringe, 2021 (dir. by Julia Billington, feat. Jac Marriott & Daniel Milne)
Dunedin Fringe, 2021
Melbourne Fringe, 2020 - Nominated for PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
Adelaide Fringe, 2020
Reading Fringe, 2020
Dixon Place, new writing residency, New York, 2020 (dir. by Sólveig Eva, feat. Leerin Campbell & Chris Nester)
London Scratch Performance, 2019 - Staging Climate: An Evening of New Plays on Environmental Concerns, Bathway Theatre, London
PRESS
Interview - To Plan a Family: Children, Hope, & the Climate Crisis, Common Home Magazine, Georgetown University (2022)
Interview - on ABC Arts programme The Mix (Australia, 2020)
