The Beautiful Future Is Coming

Scottish Premiere | Traverse Theatre presents A Bristol Old Vic production by Flora Wilson Brown, directed by Nancy Medina
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About

Can you feel it? Something is hanging in the balance – ready to fall.

1856. New York. Eunice sits in what will become Central Park and wonders if her research into CO2 is telling her something is going horribly wrong.

2027. London. Claire falls in love as the heatwave breaks and the streets begin to flood.

2100. Svalbard. While an 86-day storm rages outside, Ana hears a baby crying in the seed vault.

The world is ending, sure. But what happens in between?

Flora Wilson Brown’s The Beautiful Future Is Coming is a fast-paced, funny and wildly inventive look at 250 years of real and imagined history through the eyes of three couples.

Nancy Medina (A Good House; Choir Boy – Best Director, Black British Theatre Awards 2024) directs this powerful story about the climate crisis, and holding onto hope and humanity against all odds.

The Beautiful Future Is Coming is part of the Traverse's £1 Ticket Project.

Image: Photo by Michael Wharley, Design by Steph Pyne

The Traverse Theatre is funded by Creative Scotland and the City of Edinburgh Council.

Reviews

★★★★ 'Superb' - The Skinny

★★★★ 'Beautiful'The Herald

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Credits

  • WriterFlora Wilson Brown
  • DirectorNancy Medina
  • Set & Costume DesignerAldo Vázquez
  • Lighting DesignerRyan Day
  • Sound DesignerElena Peña
  • ComposerFemi Temowo
  • Costume SupervisorLucy Howarth
  • Assistant DirectorIgnė Barkauskaitė
  • Casting DirectorSam Jones CDG
  • DramatherapistAlice Nicholas
  • Dialect CoachAundrea Fudge
  • Vocal CoachCarol Fairlamb
  • Set Design AssistantHolly Coulson
  • Intimacy DirectorLex Kaby

  • James Bradwell

    Malcolm

  • Rosie Dwyer

    Ana

  • Jyuddah Jaymes

    Dan

  • Nina Singh

    Claire

  • Phoebe Thomas

    Eunice

  • Matt Whitchurch

    John

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