There is a significant contribution that theatre can contribute to the discourse on climate change, but De Angelis’s brand of theatre-as-activism, in this specific instance, is unlikely to convert people and make them feel galvanised to act.
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Though eye-catchingly staged by Kirsty Housley and performed with zeal by Kiran Landa, not even a hardcore eco-warrior would call it enjoyable, or coherent.
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Even if Extinct preaches to the converted, there is plenty of power in that. Here, it feels necessary and urgent.
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Yet the greatest crisis in the history of humanity shouldn’t be this dull. Extinct is well intentioned and researched but maroons itself somewhere between drama and lecture.
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In attempting to encompass the enormity of the challenges facing our species, the play loses focus, inundating the audience with facts, figures and partly formed narratives.
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And it's hardly new ground - the production feels startlingly similar to the Katie Mitchell-directed Ten Billion, which was at the Royal Court nine years ago. But that is not to say its message does not bear repeating.
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