Photos by Alessandra Davison

OCO-2 R&D, November 2021

Funded by Arts Council England and supported by The Bush and New Diorama Broadgate

Read our blog about the making of OCO-2:

Embarking on Sustainable Theatremaking through the OCO-2 R&D 

“My empty womb is screaming at me, but my head is calculating carbon emissions.” 

2021. Ice caps are melting.  Population levels are rising.  

Dr Price has introduced The Process, a radical population control policy to restore the earth’s optimal temperature. Despite being told her baby has been aborted, Lucy is convinced her baby is still alive.

But when the two women come face-to-face, a staggering commonality sparks mayhem, and Lucy learns getting her child back will trigger a climate apocalypse.

‘Right now, you are not you. You have enough hormones in your body to attack an army of bulls, because you think you’ll win. You aren’t capable of making this decision logically, let me make it for you.’

A play about instinct. A play about reason. A play about love.

TW: Abortion, Natural Disasters, Death

R&D Cast 

Price - Annice Boparai

Lucy - Lizzy Watts

Simon - Levi Brown

Mina - Rosie Wyatt

Technician - Dan Krikler

R&D Creative & Production Team

Writer - Nicole Latchana

Director - Laura Clifford

Producer - Olivia Munk, Part of the Main Productions

Stage Manager - Eliott Sheppard

Intimacy Coordinator & Movement Mentor - Christina Fulcher

Movement Director - Emily Orme

Access Support Worker - Michelle Hudson

Access Coordinator - Fleur Rooth, Zoo Co 

Digital Production Manager - Tom Robbins