WE’LL DANCE ON THE ASH OF THE APOCALYPSE
A young couple living in a world ravaged by climate change is faced with a terrifying prospect. An unplanned pregnancy. Together they must decide whether they can bring a defenceless child into a seemingly hopeless world.
SPINDRIFT’S PERFORMANCES:
JUNE 26TH AND 27TH 2022 Iðnó Sunnusalur, Reykjavík Fringe Festival, Iceland
JANUARY 22ND 2022 Virtual Table Read, Iceland
JULY 6TH 2020 Virtual Performance, Reykjavík Fringe Festival, Iceland
SPINDRIFT’S RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT:
DECEMBER 2021 - JANUARY 2022 Spindrift Offices, Reykjavík
FEBRUARY - MARCH 2020 Dixon Place, Lower Manhattan
SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Samfélagssjóður Landsvirkjunnar
Tónskjáldasjóð RÚV og Stefs
REYKJAVÍK FRINGE 2022
Performing June 26th at 6pm and June 27th at 7pm in Iðnó, Reykjavík
Share an evening with a young couple as they lovingly move through scenes from their past in an attempt to regain hope in their future.
New original play by Australian playwright Melissa-Kelly Franklin, written as a response to the climate crisis and attacks against women's reproductive rights in 2019.
The play continues the fight through sincere love for humanity, humour, playfulness, resiliency, hope against the odds and passion to act now to create the future we desire.
R&D Performance featuring beautiful movement sequences and original music.
Performing in Icelandic at Reykjavík Fringe Festival.
English subtitles available!
Photo by Louis Crevier
Photo by Louis Crevier
Photo by Louis Crevier
YOUNG WOMAN Bergdís Júlía Jóhannsdóttir
YOUNG MAN Arnar Hauksson
DIRECTOR Sólveig Eva
PLAYWRIGHT Melissa-Kelly Franklin
TRANSLATION Urður Norðdahl
MUSICIAN Hallvarður Ásgeirsson
NARRATOR and RADIO ANNOUNCEMENT Tinna Þorvalds Önnudóttir
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Kristín Edda Gylfadóttir
LIGHTING DESIGN / TECHNICIAN Owen Hindley
STAGE HANDS Anna Korolainen Crevier and Marjo Lahti
CHOREOGRAPHY ADVISOR Sean Hollands
PHOTOGRAPHY Louis Crevier and Kristín Edda Gylfadóttir
FILMOGRAPHY Andrew Sim (Iðnó Performances) and Kristín Edda Gylfadóttir (Virtual Read and R&D Trailer)
Video from our winter R&D 2022. Subtitles available in lower right corner [CC].
Still from our virtual table read of the new Icelandic translation, recorded January 22nd. The performance was hosted on our Vimeo for a month.
RESIDENCY Dixon Place, New York
Research and Development at Dixon Place in Lower Manhattan February 2020 up until the Covid-19 lockdown.
SHOWING Reykjavík Fringe Festival
While the production created at Dixon Place was highly physical, with long movement sequences and intimate choreography serving half the storytelling, this socially distanced Reykjavík Fringe Festival version was adapted into an intimate zoom call between the young couple. Instead of seeing two bodies entwined on stage, now the audience look directly at the actors as if they were the recipients of their call, their words of love, their frustrated shouts. The actors’ inability to touch or comfort one another feels painfully familiar, as we reflect on safety, love and hope in changing world.
The performance was streamed July 6th (3PM EST/7PM GMT) followed by a Q&A with the author + directors.
“Theatre is meant to reflect the times we are in, and suddenly Zoom, Facetime and other virtual channels have become the reality of our communication.”
YOUNG WOMAN Léerin Campbell
YOUNG MAN Chris Nester
DIRECTOR Sólveig Eva
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR and NARRATOR Anne Windsland
PLAYWRIGHT Melissa-Kelly Franklin
PRODUCER Bergdís Júlía Jóhannsdóttir
PRODUCER Tinna Þorvalds Önnudóttir
PRODUCER Anna Korolainen Crevier
LIVE MUSICIAN Romulo Viana
COMPOSER Pekka Koivisto
MOVEMENT DIRECTOR Sean Hollands
SPECIAL THANKS
Auður Bergdís Movement Advisor.
Julie Campbell, Andrea Craig, John Demske, Mylissa Fitzsimmons, Thorkell Gilvason, John-Ethan Gionis, Kristín Edda Gylfadóttir, Calle Hansson, Kurt Hebert, John Hodgman, Sindri Kaldal, Margrét Kaldal Kristmannsdóttir, Leah, Brian McCullough, Jack Mosbacher, Voss Parker, Sandra Rut Vignisdóttir, Jón Snorri Snorrason, Harry Wong for their contributions.
