62 Sperm Whales Presented By Bristol Old Vic Theatre School

Part of Bristol Old Vic Theatre School's New Plays in Rep 2020 season

By Skot Wilson
Directed by Evan Lordan

A hole in the Universe. Dead Whales. And an “experienced” drug dealer.

Marie’s morning routine is going to the beach and smoking a pack of cigarettes. But today is different. 62 Sperm Whales have beached and that’s not all.

As the world’s press and biologists from the Natural History Museum descend upon her small town, the arrival of strangers dredges old  conversations and histories to the surface.

One arrival in particular turns Marie’s world inside out. And she’s running out of cigarettes.

From the writer of Kingdom (Or, the Anthropocene), a climate-crisis play performed as part of our 2019 New Plays in Rep season, we’re excited to produce Wilson’s new play.

Age 14+

Contains scenes which some may find upsetting – see trigger warnings below for more information

Image credit: Dmitry Kokh

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