The Dirt

The Dirt is a solo performance that explores how the climate emergency has changed the way we imagine tomorrow.

Creative Team

Artistic Director, performance and script: Marianne Tuckman
Creative Producer: João Maio
Sound Design: Marcelo Schmittner
Lighting Design: Nicolas San Martin
Costume Design: Barte Liagaite
Artistic Mentoring: Cristina MacKerron and Rod Dixon
Director of Photography: Ndrika Anyika
Sound Recordist: Robert Wingfield
First Assistant Camera: Kojo Doku
Supported using public funding through Arts Council England

'A powerful performance from Marianne Tuckman that make the personal impact of the climate emergency vividly apparent.'🌟🌟🌟🌟 Everything Theatre

'An endlessly watchable performer, Tuckman holds the room with an uncanny power.' 🌟🌟🌟🌟A Youngish Perspective

'Marianne embodies the characters uncannily and cleverly, dousing her solo with relatable humour and currency. 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

'Slick choreography and Beckett-esque absurdity captures the fear of mothering in the face of a crumbling future.' Fringebiscuit

Take me home

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.