In the opening scenes of Hibernation, a minister from Australia’s ruling conservative party updates the parliament of 2030 on the unfolding climate crisis. Regional Australia is riddled with ghost towns, whole nations are underwater, and there’s a flood of climate refugees lapping at our still-shut borders. A miracle sleeping agent first developed for the colonisation of space that can plunge human beings into a deep, perfect slumber. “What world we wake up in, what we choose to replicate about the lives we had before, and what we choose to set aside. But Kruckemeyer hopes the play can speak beyond any one crisis.

Source: The Guardian August 16, 2021 17:26 UTC