RISING

Sea levels, displacements, poverty… who is listening?

Facing imminent environmental, economic and social collapse, through rising sea levels, scarcity of food and fresh water, and open conflict between Government and Rebel forces, a remote island country is at a tipping point.

When a bomb explodes killing civilians and UN peacekeepers the pressure mounts for definitive action to solve this ecological and humanitarian crisis, but the competing visions of the Nation’s future have no room for compromise. Among the widespread chaos, five individual stories of integrity, idealism, justice, compassion and hope emerge.

From five fabulous emerging female playwrights, Rising is an ambitious new work responding to the looming ecological crisis in an effort to find equality and balance.

THEMES: Climate Change, Extinction, Politics and Governance

LENGTH: 90 Minutes

CHARACTER AGES: 20s–40s

CAST SIZE: 3

SUITABLE FOR: Senior Years

Rising was commissioned and first produced by Playlab Theatre presented in association with Metro Arts premiering at the New Benner Theatre, Metro Arts on February 3, 2021.

“It’s hard to ignore the underlying political cries of ‘Rising’. The show fuels the mobilisation of its audience to become an active army and take climate change and environmental issues seriously. It’s a play not only of now, but of urgency and immediacy.” –

“The stories unfold quickly and cleverly… It couldn’t be more urgent and more prescient.” – Marina Marangos, Weekend Notes

“… its conversation about colonisaliation and its effect on the environment may be confronting, its reminder about the connectivity of all our climates and call for a collective act of compassion to protect those who are less privileged and more vulnerable, is still clear.” – Blue Curtains Brisbane  

You can access the education notes here: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://playlabtheatre.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Rising-Education-Notes.pdf