Updated: March 27, 2024

Steven Gaultney’s “Bright Light Burning” is a theatrical journey that merges artistry, storytelling, and environmental activism. Our interdisciplinary production aims to shift perspectives, evoke empathy, and galvanize audiences to take meaningful steps toward a sustainable future.

The theme of COP28 is “Adaptation.” To that end, our play, Bright Light Burning, will follow a found family of performers living in 2100. The world has changed, but human need has not. Audiences will witness the new ways our descendants have found to cherish and care for each other, all as they perform a history of their ancestors’ choices through the 77 years that stand between us and them.

It is our hope that audiences will form a connection with these characters, one that reminds them that the future is worth all our effort.

CREDITS:
The Theatre of Others in association with The University of Exeter Green Future’s and The British Embassy in The United Arab Emirates present:

Steven Gaultney’s
Bright Light Burning

Directed by Adam Marple

Featuring Budi Miller, Rytasha Rathore, Kristina Pakhomova, Gimbey de la Cruz, and Rummana Yamanie

With Music by Jack David Burmeister and Arwa Hezzah

Costumes by Doodlage India

Produced by Christie Karen Chang

With Camera Work and Color Correction by Adrian Eppel and Austin Paley

Video Editing and VFX by Joshua Waterstone

SPECIAL THANKS:
The University of Exeter Green Futures.
Cecilia Mañosa and Sally Flint,
The Embassy of the United Kingdom in the UAE and Amanda Buckley.
The Etihad Museum and its staff.
Our audience in person and watching at home