ADC Theatre
Tue 12 - Sat 16 May
Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club
Scenes from the Climate Era
David Finnigan
Content warning [May contain spoilers]
Told through more than fifty short scenes, the play jumps across continents and timeframes, from community halls and conferences to nightclubs and flood barriers, capturing how our changing climate is never far from peoples’ minds and lives.
By weaving together moments of humour, uncertainty, hope, and grief, the play resists simple narratives or solutions. Instead, it asks how to – and whether we can – live with a crisis that is simultaneously omnipresent and somehow so easy to ignore.
Performed with minimal staging and rapid role changes, Scenes from the Climate Era brings the global crisis into sharp, immediate focus, inviting audiences to recognise familiar patterns of denial, optimism, and reckoning — and to reflect on what comes next.
This production is suitable for ages 12 and over.
Times
Tue 12 May at 7:45pm
Wed 13 May at 7:45pm
Thu 14 May at 7:45pm
Fri 15 May at 7:45pm
Sat 16 May at 7:45pm
Venue
ADC TheatreTickets
TUE £10-£14, WED-THU £12.50–£16, FRI–SAT £14.50–£17.50flashing images
References to:
death and/or dying, existentialism
Brief mentions of:
mild strong language
The ADC Theatre is Britain's oldest University playhouse, today administered and maintained by the University of Cambridge. Plays have been presented on the site since 1855, when the Cambridge University Amateur Dramatic Club (CUADC) was founded, and the society met and performed in the back room of the Hoop Inn, which stood almost exactly where the ADC Theatre stands today. Today, the ADC Theatre is the centre of University drama in Cambridge, run almost entirely by students with no Faculty involvement.
Access
When you arrive at the ADC Theatre, there are power assisted doors to the Box Office. In the foyer there is a lift which leads up to the bar and auditorium. The accessible toilet is located on the ground floor across the foyer. Further information can be found here.
If you are booking a wheelchair seat in the ADC auditorium for the first time, please call the Box Office on 01223 300085 or email access@adctheatre.com. We will then alter the permissions of your ADC account so that you can access the wheelchair seats on our website when you book in the future.
Complimentary tickets are available for full-time carers.
The ADC Theatre and Corpus Playroom is fitted with an infra-red audio system designed to help deaf and hard of hearing patrons. If you are using the system for the first time, please arrive early and seek advice from our Front of House team.
Assistance dogs are welcome in both of our venues. Please call the Box Office or email the above address when booking to ensure you are seated appropriately.
If you are travelling by car, you can use the Park Street car park (2 minute walk), the Grand Arcade car park (10 minute walk) or the Castle Hill car park (15 minute walk). You can find out more information here.
Address
ADC TheatrePark Street
Cambridge
CB5 8AS
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