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Zusatztext An incredible piece that simmers on a familiar feeling. It is moving and perfectly executed. Informationen zum Autor Emma Clark is an American theatre-maker and one half of emma + pj, with collaborator PJ Stanley. Previous shows include Atlantic at VAULT Festival and Obsession Party for Yardlings at The Yard Theatre. PJ Stanley is a British theatre-maker and one half of emma + pj, with collaborator Emma Clark. Previous shows include Atlantic at VAULT Festival and Obsession Party for Yardlings at The Yard Theatre. Klappentext It's easy to make you disappear, she says. And the figure is gone. Just like that. In Vegas, a magician performs a final disappearing act. The end of the world is a magic trick - are you watching closely? Ghosts of the Near Future is a cowboy-noir fever dream about extinction. Colliding music, storytelling, and live micro-cinema, it is a hallucinatory road-trip through a vanishing landscape, a haunting collage of miracles and misdirection. It takes us to the brink of disaster and asks whether we're ready for what comes next. This edition was published to coincide with the production at Summerhall, Edinburgh, in August 2022. Vorwort Set in a magic realist vision of Las Vegas in the not-too-distant future, Ghosts of the Near Future weaves a kaleidoscopic story about the end of everything and what it means to live one minute to midnight. Zusammenfassung It's easy to make you disappear, she says. And the figure is gone. Just like that. In Vegas, a magician performs a final disappearing act. The end of the world is a magic trick – are you watching closely? Ghosts of the Near Future is a cowboy-noir fever dream about extinction. Colliding music, storytelling, and live micro-cinema, it is a hallucinatory road-trip through a vanishing landscape, a haunting collage of miracles and misdirection. It takes us to the brink of disaster and asks whether we’re ready for what comes next. This edition was published to coincide with the production at Summerhall, Edinburgh, in August 2022. ...
