Jack McGee
Before We Slip Beneath the Sea is the multi-Adam-award winning, immersive theatre, partial PHD thesis, brainchild of Aotearoa theatre stalwart Cassandra Tse. It follows the residents of the fictional Eglantyne island, located off the coast of Ohariu, as they are forced to evacuate their homes due to slowly impending climate disaster. Its debut season is produced by Tse’s own Red Scare Theatre in the Aro Community Centre which doubles as the Eglantyne Town Hall. We, the audience, are fellow citizens of Eglantyne. After scribbling out some name tags, we’re let loose in the hall as the island’s farewell party plays out around us.