Coming to The Hawth in Crawley this September, the chance to hear an urgent and provocative story about human relationships, communications and our impact on the natural world.
Scientist Steve is on a long-haul flight. His partner has just left him. Traveling home on a crowded aeroplane across the Atlantic, he feels suddenly dislocated and alone. In a world of touch screens and social robots, he has lost the ability to make meaningful bonds with other people.
He makes a decision that will eventually force him to face his own inability to make a connection. He decides to talk to the nervous passenger sitting next to him.
In a forest thousand of miles away, a sapling pokes its head through the leafy forest floor. Beneath the soil, its roots begin to scramble for the one thing that guarantees its survival – a connection.
Blending stunning visuals and urgent storytelling, Economy of Ecology uncovers the power of human touch and the unexpected links between all things: from a man on an aeroplane who is scared of flying, to the underground fungal networks of Oregon’s Blue Mountains.
Economy of Ecology will be at the Hawth on the 22nd September 2018. For more information on tickets, please see the theatre website.