New Theatre: The Day Of The Triffids
30 June @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm AEST

London, 1951: In an attempt to solve the world’s energy crisis, scientists engineer the Triffids: a biofuel crop that is highly efficient, strangely sentient, and disturbingly carnivorous.
When a freak cosmic event blinds most of the world’s population, one man wakes into a collapsing society where fear, opportunism, and chaos reign. As humans struggle to survive, an unexpected predator rises. Free from observation, the Triffids begin their ascent.
The beast is loose.
Adapted from John Wyndham’s iconic catastrophe novel, The Day of the Triffids erupts into vivid, immersive reality in this bold new theatrical experience by Jay James-Moody.
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