Conceived, written and performed by Fehinti Balogun
60 mins
Suitable for ages 12+

Why don’t we talk about it? Fehinti Balogun asks this urgent question and offers an invitation in Can I Live?, a vital new digital performance about the climate catastrophe, sharing his personal journey into the biggest challenge of our times. Weaving his story with spoken word, rap, theatre, animation and the scientific facts, Fehinti charts a course through the fundamental issues underpinning the emergency, identifying the intimate relationship between the environmental crisis & the global struggle for social justice, and sharing how, as a young Black British man, he has found his place in the climate movement.

In the face of a sense of helplessness about the climate catastrophe, Can I Live? is an outstretched hand, inviting audiences to recognise they are not alone – and that through understanding the issues and connecting with the many powerful activists around the globe driving change, we can find a sense of hope for the future.

A Complicité production in association with the Barbican, London, supported by Doc Society and Oxford Playhouse. Supported by Arts Council England and Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

This event will be preceded by a conversation hosted by Women and Climate Exeter along with a panel of experts with a science, arts/theatre, community and activism background.

Rosa Barciela

Prof. Rosa Barciela is Science Strategic Head of Ensembles Exploitation and Principal Scientific Consultant at the UK Met Office. She is also a Professor of Climate, Environment and Public Health at the University of Exeter’s European Centre for Environment and Human Health. She has been working in the confluence of weather, climate and environment for over 20 years, with an emphasis in bridging the gap between science and society, taking a systems approach in connecting research (of weather and climate projections and predictions) and the need for high quality, actionable information, with a strong user focus.

Natasha Pavey

Natasha Pavey (she/her) is a theatre maker, producer and climate justice activist from Exeter. She co-founded Fridays for Future Exeter aged 16 and has been organising within the climate movement for over 6 years since with Extinction Rebellion, Teach the Future, Green New Deal Rising and more. She is passionate about making theatre sustainably and holding the arts accountable for their role to play in the climate emergency with the Theatre Green Book and Culture Declares. Recently, she got the UKs largest regional producing theatre, the Theatre Royal Plymouth, to become Oil Sponsorship Free and declare a Climate Emergency and was successful in campaigning for Rose Bruford to become the first specialist drama school in the UK to reject the fossil fuel industry.

Fatma Sabet

Fatma is originally from Cairo, she moved to Exeter from Paris. Fatma conducts research into sustainable food systems and the role they play in the context of public health, social equality and climate change. In the course of her work, Fatma has pioneered a theoretical and practical framework for sustainable school food in England and is also a founder of Shillingford Organics Farm School, a social educational enterprise promoting healthy and sustainable eating through farm-based education.

Content warnings: contains some flashing images, some strong language, explores themes of racism, classism and describes some violence. Suitable for age 12+

About Women and Climate
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