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.

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

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
DECEMBER 2021 - JANUARY 2022 Spindrift Offices, Reykjavík

FEBRUARY - MARCH 2020 Dixon Place, Lower Manhattan

SPECIAL THANKS TO
Samfélagssjóður Landsvirkjunnar
Tónskjáldasjóð RÚV og Stefs

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.

Photos by Louis Crevier

Reykjavík Fringe Festival 2022

Young Woman
Bergdís Júlía Jóhannsdóttir

Young Man
Arnar Hauksson

Director
Sólveig Eva Magnúsdóttir

Playwright
Melissa-Kelly Franklin

Translation
Urður Norðdahl

Musician
Hallvarður Ásgeirsson

Narrator & Radio Voice
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)

Still from our virtual table read of the new Icelandic translation, recorded January 22nd. The performance was hosted on our Vimeo for a month.

Dixon Place 2020

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.”
— Anne Windsland

Young Woman
Léerin Campbell

Young Woman
Chris Nester

Director
Sólveig Eva Magnúsdóttir

Assistant Director & 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, 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.