NT Connections Festival – Wildfire Road performed by artsdepot Youth Theatre

Wildfire Road is a story about a generation whose future has been hijacked.

The whole play takes place on a flight from London to Tokyo.  There’s a hijacker on board and the flight is re-directed to Siberia and in the process saving the lives of all 416 people on board, as the rest of the world is engulfed in a massive wildfire.  It’s metaphorical, prophetic and a tale for the most important question of our times – are we going to wake up and address the climate emergency before it’s too late?

Eve Leigh is an award-winning, internationally recognised writer for performance. Plays include Frankenstein Adjusts His Ring Light (And Then Starts Dancing) (Donmar Warehouse schools tour); Verbranntes Land (Schauspielhaus Wien); Salty Irina (Paines Plough); Wildfire Road (Sheffield Theatres); Pinocchio (Unicorn Theatre); Flächenbrand (Theater Bonn, TiG7 Mannheim, Theater Lüneburg); Midnight Movie (Royal Court UK, Theater Dessau, Theater Giessen, Honos Theater Athens); While You Are Here (The Place/Dance East); The Trick (Bush Theatre, national tour); Spooky Action at a Distance (Royal Court/RWCMD); The Curtain (Young Vic Taking Part); Stone Face, and Silent Planet (both Finborough Theatre). Awards include Berlin Theatertreffen Stueckemarkt selection 2021, Sarah Award for Audio Fiction 2020, Jerwood/Royal Court New Playwright Award 2019 (with Jasmine Lee-Jones), Women’s Prize for Playwriting Finalist 2020, Bruntwood Prize shortlist 2019. Upcoming work includes commissions from Headlong, Unicorn Theatre, and the Javaad Alipoor Company.

This event is part of the NT Connections Festival at artsdepot.