The Dirt

SYNOPSIS

In exactly the moment that it was predicted, the climate emergency has arrived. Everything has changed. The last woman on earth is beside herself. She used to live in a nice house in a nice area and never thought climate change would actually, you know, affect someone like her. But here we are. The Dirt has arrived at her door and is seeping into her house. Terrified, she calls her cleaner, a punk who has since been evicted, to come round and help, but despite all their efforts, the house just gets dirtier and dirtier.
Tomorrow, she had planned to have children and play with them. She wonders if this will be possible.

Solo performance for stage. Duration: 50 minutes.

Artistic Direction, performance and script: Marianne Tuckman
Creative Production: João Maio and Belisa Branças
Sound Design: Marcelo Schmittner Daza
Lighting Design: Nicolas San Martin
Costume Input: Barte Liagaite
Artistic Mentoring: Cristina MacKerron and Rod Dixon
Supported using public funding through Arts Council England

CREATIVE TEAM

"A bold, experimental show from a talented team." ★★★★ Reviews Hub

"An endlessly watchable performer, Tuckman holds the room with an uncanny power. So much is achieved in discussing our current and future relationship with the climate crisis with so little mention of it, evoking comparisons to Beckett or Caryl Churchill."
★★★★ A Youngish Perspective

"Through character, humour and a powerful performance a simple truth is revealed: that the climate catastrophe end of the world will be a very personal event." ★★★★ Everything Theatre

"The Dirt asks many questions related to climate change. Rather than being irritatingly moralistic, it paints a picture of what might happen tomorrow if change isn’t set in motion today." Dance Art Journal

Combining voice, movement and text, this pulsing tragicomedy reduces the climate crisis to the metaphor of a filthy house. When home has become contaminated, how do we dream about the future?

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