Atomic

Production still for "Atomic". Rohan Mirchandaney. Photographer: Tim Grey

Atomic

By Amelia Chandos Evans

24 October 2018 – 02 November 2018 Beckett Theatre

Malthouse Theatre,

New Writing Commission Theatre World Premiere Suitcase Series

Students on camp imagine the world they'd like to live in. A man invents a drug that will save millions of people, sowing the seeds of a population explosion. A flower sees plastic for the first time.

A kaleidoscope of absurd and poignant vignettes, Atomic explores the power of humans to change the world - knowingly and unknowingly, for better or worse.

Atomic was the fifth script commissioned for the Suitcase Series, Malthouse Theatre's award-winning education program, established in 2010. The program sees Year 9 & 10 drama students use theatre to explore their relationship to climate change, with a new script commissioned every two years.

The script functions as source material for the students to explore, developing their own theatrical responses and presenting them to each other in conjunction with the Malthouse production. 

Production still for "Atomic". Clarisse Bonello. Photographer: Tim Grey
Production still for "Atomic". Rohan Mirchandaney. Photographer: Tim Grey
Production still for "Atomic". Rohan Mirchandaney, Alice Qin, Clarisse Bonello. Photographer: Tim Grey
Production still for "Atomic". Rohan Mirchandaney. Photographer: Tim Grey
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Production still for "Atomic". Clarisse Bonello. Photographer: Tim Grey

Production still for "Atomic". Rohan Mirchandaney. Photographer: Tim Grey

Production still for "Atomic". Rohan Mirchandaney, Alice Qin, Clarisse Bonello. Photographer: Tim Grey

Production still for "Atomic". Rohan Mirchandaney. Photographer: Tim Grey

Creatives

Katie Sfetkidis

Katie Sfetkidis

Lighting Designer

Eugyeene Teh

Eugyeene Teh

Costume Designer, Set Designer

Sapidah Kian

Sapidah Kian

Director

Christopher Wenn

Christopher Wenn

Sound Designer

Claire Shepherd

Claire Shepherd

Stage Manager

Adam Chesnutt

Adam Chesnutt

Stage Manager

Acknowledgements

The Suitcase Series is supported by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development; and receives generous assistance from the Betty Amsden Foundation and individual Malthouse Muse donors.

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