The Beautiful Future Is Coming – to Bristol Old Vic

A ‘powerful’ story about holding onto hope and humanity, no matter what…

Flora Wilson Brown’s play The Beautiful Future is Coming, will be staged at Bristol Old Vic next year.

It’s described as a ‘powerful’ story about holding onto hope and humanity as it takes a fast-paced look at 250 years of real and imagined history through the eyes of three couples.

The play was originally staged as part of the Jermyn Street Theatre’s Footprints Festival earlier this year. It has undergone further development by Bristol Old Vic in preparation for a run at the theatre starting in May.

Can you feel it? Something is hanging in the balance – ready to fall.

1854. New York. Eunice sits in what will become Central Park and wonders if something is going horribly wrong.
2027. London. Clare falls in love as the streets begin to flood.
2100. Svalbard. Ana hears a baby crying in the seed vault.
The world is ending, sure. But what happens to us in between?

“We could not be more excited to be producing another brand-new play in our season,” director Nancy Medina says.

“Bristol audiences have time and again shown enthusiasm and curiosity for bold and political new work and with The Beautiful Future is Coming Flora has created something truly unique; a play about global heating that balances honesty with humour, humanity and hope. It’s a perfect scene partner for the rest of our Spring/Summer shows”. 

Flora Wilson Brown says: “I could not be more thrilled to be doing this show with Nancy and the Bristol Old Vic team. Bristol Old Vic is the first theatre I remember coming to for panto with my grandparents when I was tiny, so to be coming back with my own play is honestly surreal. This story feels more relevant now than it did even when I wrote it a year ago, which is terrifying, but makes the need to hold on to hope more important than ever. I can’t wait to return to the stories of these three women, it’s a gift to be doing it with this team, in this building. I can’t wait.”

The Beautiful future is Coming will be at Bristol Old Vic from 15 May – 07 June 2025

For more information or to book, visit: https://bristololdvic.org.uk/whats-on/the-beautiful-future-is-coming

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