Time-bomb is selected for presentation at BEAM2025, co-produced by Mercury Musical Developments & Musical Theatre Network, in association with Birmingham Hippodrome.
Directed by P Burton-Morgan
Cast includes (alphabetically):
Cassiopeia Berkeley-Agyepong
Sophie-Louise Dann
Shobna Gulati
Amy Parker
Jack Reitman
Clive Rowe
EM Williams
Where are we?: On the streets, in a court-room.
Why now?: The climate catastrophe is happening. Gen Z are angry and at risk, families, generations divide. The Law cracks down on protest. Governments move too slowly. What’s the way through?
Synopsis: Maria, climate activist, is arrested, tried and convicted for closing a vital motorway for two days. Furious Gen Z activists are eloquent and tangle with the court. They’re also jokey and fun, sorry for the disruption but the climate is bigger – and there is a way out, if only ‘they’ would concentrate, act. Jason loves Maria but tries to persuade her of a different way. Baby boomers worry they should have done more, sooner. Maria and Jason try to resolve. Activists face the Law. Audience are the Jury. The planet heats.
