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THE END OF WINTER
Siren Theatre Co
(Australia)
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With climate change, will winter one day be gone? Will it only show up in stories, paintings and history? Australia is hot. Bushfires happen easily. Winters are getting warmer and shorter each year.
The End of Winter is about loss, and coping with tough times. It is also about places that still have cold weather. We can reach them by public transport, or with a little imagination.
This show won two awards:
1. Best Actor at the Sydney Theatre Critics Award.
2. Sustainability Award at the Adelaide Fringe 2024.
The End of Winter is a touching, heartfelt love letter to winter, written during a scorching summer in Australia.
★★★★★
… complex, entertaining, emotionally varied but crystal clear
— Theatre Travels
★★★★★
It’s a bravura performance from Jane Phegan…a theatrical experience of bonewarming depth and of hope.
— Reviews by Judith
Will climate change erase winter, leaving it to exist only in fairy tales, paintings, and historical accounts? In hot, bushfire-prone Australia, the winters are increasingly warmer and shorter with each passing year.
Winner of Best Actor at the Sydney Theatre Critics Award and Sustainability Award at the Adelaide Fringe 2024, The End of Winter is about loss and resilience. But it’s also about the places one can search for cold weather—places that can be reached via public transport, or a little imagination…
The End of Winter is a moving, evocative love letter to winter, written in the unrelenting Australian summer.
Artist Statement
The End of Winter is about a big issue we face today—the changing climate and the loss of seasons.
We must tell and share stories — doing this will teach us how to survive climate change. These stories can be our own, or based on science.
It is easy to talk about the weather, but harder to talk about how climate change affects it. This is because we mix up weather and climate a lot. In Australia, we have all kinds of weathers. There’s extreme heat, droughts, bushfires, floods and cyclones. As the world gets hotter, these extreme weather events will get worse.
Artist Statement
The themes and ideas contained within The End of Winter lean into the most significant issue of our time—the changing climate and the loss of seasons.
Telling and sharing stories, from the scientific to the personal, is one the most important tools we must use to survive climate change. It’s easy to get into a typical conversation about the weather. It’s harder to talk about how changing weather patterns relate to climate change—especially when climate and weather can often get confused. In Australia, we’ve experienced it all: extreme heat, devastating droughts, raging bushfires, floods, and cyclones. But these extreme weather events are only going to worsen as the world continues to heat up.
Date & Duration
8–9 January 2025, 8pm
55 minutes with no intermission
Location
Esplanade Theatre Studio
Price
$38
*20% discount for students, NSF, senior citizens and PwD cardholders
*10% discount for Esplanade&Me members (limited tickets). Log in to your Esplanade&me member account to access the promo code.
Accessibility Features
Open captions in English for all shows.
Rating
General
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