Atomic

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.