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What on earth is happening to our planet? Who knows what and what can or should be done about it? We are as gods and we have to get good at it. Stewart Brand. The questions we all have about the environment and the future are exhilaratingly intricate. Knowing what and who to trust is an increasingly bewildering challenge. Only a few things are certain: every living thing is related to every other living thing; our actions have consequences; change is constant and inevitable. Seeking to understand a subject of great complexity, the National Theatre has asked four of the most distinct and exciting playwrights in British theatre to collaborate on a new piece of documentary theatre. This team has spent six months interviewing key individuals from the worlds of science, politics, business and philosophy in an effort to understand our changing relationship with the planet. Greenland combines the factual and the theatrical as several separate but connected narratives collide to form a provocative response to the most urgent questions of our time. World Premiere. Running time 2hrs (no interval)

Cast/Performers

Matt Charman, Michael Gould, Isabella Laughland, Amanda Lawrence, Tunji Lucas, Lyndsey Marshal, Peter McDonald, Rhys Rusbatch, James Alper, Tobi Bakare, Natasha Broomfield, Elizabeth Chan, Tamzin Griffin, Colin Haigh, Simon Manyonda, Esther McAuley, Paul McCleary, Sam Swann

Creatives/Company

Author(s): Moira Buffini, Penelope Skinner, Jack Thorne
Corporate Sponsor: Accenture
Director(s): Bijan Sheibani, Aline David (movement)
Other: Ben Power (dramaturg)
Design(s): Bunny Christie, Finn Ross (video)
Lighting: Jon Clark
Sound: Dan Jones