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Gateways: Scenes from the Climate Era

“What happens after the play is the point of the play”

As part of our ongoing commitment to finding ways for theatre to have impact beyond the confines of a space and to engage with the context we make work with, we created Gateways. Gateways is a series of talks, commissions, and curated events that offer audiences opportunities to learn more about our work, our artists, and how our productions relate to the wider world.

Alongside ‘Scenes from the Climate Era’, our Gateways offerings respond to the themes of the play, invite audiences to learn more about climate action and platform responses to the climate crisis from emerging artists.

All post-show events listed below take place at the Playground Theatre after the performance of Scenes from the Climate Era.

Tue 23 Sep – Sat 25 Oct 2025

Venue:
The Playground Theatre, London

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POST-SHOW Q&A

Wednesday 8 October | Storytelling in the Climate Era Company Q&A

Assistant Director Grace Waga Glevey will be joined by Director Atri Banerjee and the cast from Scenes from the Climate Era for a post-show Q&A following this BSL interpreted performance.

PANELS

Friday 3 October | Storytelling in the Climate Era 

Chaired by Feimatta Conteh, Senior Manager Environmental Responsibility, Arts Council England

A panel with a number of artists working in different mediums to try to address the Climate Crisis. This panel brings together:

  • David Finnigan – playwright, Scenes from the Climate Era
  • Dawn King – playwright, The Trials
  • Maia Kenworthy – director, Rebellion (a documentary about Extinction Rebellion)
  • Farah Ali – author of People Want to Live

Friday 10 October | Decolonising the Climate Era

With this panel we are looking at Climate inequity, speaking with global majority activists here in the UK who are running grass roots projects that address the disproportionate impact that the Climate crisis will have on people in the Global south, and minoritised communities here in the UK. This panel includes:

  • Tayshan Hayden-Smith – footballer and gardening activist, founder of Grow to Know (established after Grenfell)
  • Raymon Ayres – Artistic Director of Ephemeral Theatre, developing work on colonialism and climate in Latin America
  • Ceylan Hassan – (Decolonial Cypriot) An anti-colonial environmentalist and feminist advocating for socio-environmental and epistemic justice.

CONVERSATIONS

Playwright David Finnigan will be in conversation with leading thinkers on climate and society.

Wednesday 15 October | In Conversation with Simon Evans

Simon Evans is multi-award-winning climate and energy journalist at Carbon Brief. Their discussion will span UK climate policy and politics, global energy trends, and international climate negotiations.

Tuesday 21 October | with Ana Yang

Ana Yang is Director of the Environment and Society Centre at Chatham House. Together they will explore the intersections of socioeconomic development, climate transition, and natural resource use.


ARTIST RESPONSES

Sunday 19 October | Emergency: A Scratch response to Scenes from the Climate Era

Gate Theatre invites 6–8 emerging writers from global majority backgrounds to present short pieces of new writing that respond directly to the Climate Crisis. Directed by Grace Waga Glevey, the event will feature these new pieces performed by a professional cast and will conclude with an open discussion between writers and audiences on the play’s themes.

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Friday 24 October | Re-Indigenising From The Stage with Love Ssega

Artist, producer and performance artist, Love Ssega joins us for a post-show performance and Q&A, offering audiences an opportunity to engage with the themes in ‘Scenes from the Climate Era’ through different art mediums, and to gain insight into Love Ssega’s explorations of Blackness and the Climate emergency.