Western Edge Youth Arts Presents CALIBAN, 24-26 November 2016

Global climate politics - where do the spirits go when the water rises?
Western Edge Youth Arts presents the premiere of CALIBAN, a play developed and created by The Edge Ensemble. CALIBAN plays at the Coopers Malthouse from 24 - 26 November 2016.

CALIBAN explores the battle ground of global climate politics through the eyes of those on the front lines. Set in a not-too-distant future on the brink of climate disaster, CALIBAN starts where Shakespeare's The Tempest left off - when the island is submerged in the rising tides, how will Caliban survive?

CALIBAN is an Australian re-imagining of The Tempest where Ferdinand is an oil baron, Prospera a scientist and Ariel is an Artificial Intelligence system with the power to save the world. A new culturally diverse work made in Melbourne's western suburbs, CALIBAN turns the climate debate on its head and gives a voice to characters from Africa, Afghanistan and the Pacific Islands - areas deeply affected by climate change.

Originally seeded as a street show presented at Big West Festival in 2015, CALIBAN has undergone intensive development and is now an entirely new work - it sets a new benchmark for The Edge Ensemble and brings personal stories and passionate perspectives on climate change into a main stage theatre space.

Featuring six young emerging artists, The Edge Ensemble represents Australian cultural diversity and includes Achai Deng (South Sudanese), Abraham Herasan (Afghani), Piper Huynh (Vietnamese), Natalie Lucic (Croatian), Rex Pelman (Samoan) and Yaw Dadzie (Ghanaian).
Writer Georgia Symons says CALIBAN explores voices we don't often hear in climate discourses, "The Edge Ensemble have cultural ties to some of the parts of the planet most affected by climate change - places like South Sudan, Western Samoa and Afghanistan. But they also live in Australia - a nation with a complex relationship to climate action."

The Edge Ensemble comprises some of the most vital voices in the climate change discussion and CALIBAN goes to the heart of what climate change means for people facing its reality now.

Edge Ensemble - Achai Deng, Abraham Herasan, Piper Huynh, Natalie Lucic, Rex Pelman and Yaw Dadzie
Writer - Georgia Symons
Directors - Tariro Movondo and Dave Kelman
Movement - Amy Macpherson
Music and composition - Callum Watson
Season 24 - 26 November 2016
Time 7pm
Venue - The Coopers Malthouse, Beckett Theatre
Address - 113 Sturt Street, Southbank
Tickets - $38 Adult / $28 Concession, student and Malthouse Theatre subscriberGroups 10+ $23 Adult / $18 Concession and student
Bookings - 03 9685 5111 or thecoopersmalthouse.com.au
Western Edge Youth Arts westernedge.org.au

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