Burnt Out

Weaving spoken word and movement, we’re taken on a journey through Australia’s devastating bushfires including Penny’s own experiences, through their ignition and devastation, and left with space to ponder how we got here.
Embedded in its soundscape are sounds from Black Summer — of magpies that have learned to mimic emergency sirens, of the shark sirens used to draw attention to the fire-blackened skies, and of helicopters circling overhead. Original music from Paul Michael Henry is interwoven with the delicate lighting of David Bowes.
Bringing together both past and future, fact and personal lived account, Burnt Out is at once an intimate personal story and a universal meditation and reflection on our changing climate.

Work begins with an Acknowledgment of Country and a welcome to First Nations people. We also recognise that part of the development has taken place upon the traditional lands of the Ngunnawal People (Australia) and for which we pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander elders, past, present and emerging.

2023 dates:

5th Sep – Nairn Arts Centre

8th Sep – Stromness Town Hall, Orkney

11th Sep – St Magnus Centre, Kirkwall, Orkney

16th Sep – Mareel, Lerwick, Shetland

29th Sep – Barn, Banchory

4th Oct – Macrobert, Storling

5th Oct – Byre Theatre, St Andrews

6th Oct – Platform, Glasgow

14th & 15th Oct – The Phoenix, Dumbarton

28th Oct, Theatre Royal Dumfries