Future Bodies (2018)

The technology of the future is being developed, in part, by very intelligent and/or very well funded people who believe that death is just a technical glitch and immortality is genuinely possible. The human being is being upgraded. This is terrifying and exciting and it’s coming – whether we like it or not.

“Future Bodies is a thought-provoking and highly entertaining play that is (almost) future perfect.” The Reviews Hub

MICROSITE: Future Bodies.
(photos, vids, credits, science)

Made in collaboration with our friends RashDash, a co-production with HOME in Manchester and generously supported by the Wellcome Trust Future Bodies imagined the implications of real world, leading edge developments in human enhancement technologies. Working with leading scientists and researchers in the fields of brain implants, cognitive enhancing drugs, artificial intelligence, advanced prosthetics and other biotechnologies, Future Bodies was our take on what it means to have and be a body now and what we might become in the future.

“Been thinking since this afternoon about what 2 say about #FutureBodies by #UnlimitedTheatre & @RashDashTheatre @HOME_mcr & I don’t really have any words. In a good way. They just make me wanna rip my face off. In a good way. Also, painfully excellent description of heartbreak” @felter_skelter on Twitter

To find out everything about the show and the science behind it, visit our dedicated Future Bodies website.

REVIEWS

Mancunian Matters
The Journalix
Touchpaper Press
Number 9
Vada Magazine
Live Art Alive
Weekend Notes
The F Word

Co-created by
Clare Duffy, Abbi Greenland, Helen Goalen, Jon Spooner and Becky Wilkie
Script by
Clare Duffy & Abbi Greenland
Directed by
Abbi Greenland & Helen Goalen
Original Music & Songs by
Becky Wilkie

CAST
Deshaye Gayle, Alison Halstead, Kate Maravan, Lara Steward, Yusra Warsama, Becky Wilkie

Set & Costume Design
Rhys Jarman
Lighting & Video Design
Sarah Readman & Josh Pharo
Sound Design
Becky Wilkie & Joel Clements
Stage Management
Alyssa Watts, Alice Winter & Amy Chandler
Assistant Director Heather Carroll
Production Manager Sean Pritchard
Costume Supervisor Nicky Wragg
BSL Adviser Rosie Oram
Rehearsal BSL Interpreters Melissa Payne, Lorna Moran, Mark Hetherington, Tracie Lou, Emma Heap, Kate Lubno, David Clifford

CONSULTANT SCIENTISTS

Professor Barbara Sahakian, Dr Tim Constandinou, Professor Paul Freemont, Anders Sandberg, Professor Philip Moriarty

Produced by
Jon Spooner & Kevin Jamieson
Associate Producers
Amy Letman and Alison Holder
Unlimited Company Management by
Tessa Gordziejko, Alison McIntyre & Alex Smith

Original Artwork  Alex Murray
Website  Maraid Design