The Earth Turns
Theatre of Others
An audio play for COP27
Director Adam Marple
Sound & Composition Jack Burmeister
Sound Associate Nick Jay
Composer Associate Linus Mackie
Cast Farida Abdel Aziz (Egypt), Jit Dastidar (Bangladesh), Jhansi (India),
Rytasha Rathore (India), Ankkitt Mathur (India/UK), Rodrigo Román (Mexico)
Lucy Rossen (Australia), Mehr Dudeja (Singapore/USA), Raphaël Lecat (France/UK)
Jay Reum (USA/UK), Elena Harding (Romania/UK), Budi Miller (USA/Australia)
Karim Hamad (Egypt)
The Earth Turns is a climate-inspired performance created for the lead-up to the UN COP27 Climate Conference in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Adapted from We Still Have a Chance- 12 Stories for 12 Days of COP27, an anthology of micro-stories created by Climate Activists, Scientists, Health Professionals, Students, and Artists from The University of Exeter, Met Office, Ain Shams University, Banlastic, and The American University in Cairo. It originally performed as an Official side event selection of The Global Stocktake presented in the UN Secured Blue Zone for Delegates of the Sharm El Sheikh Tonnino Lamborghini International Convention Center. Additional invitation to perform in the Peace Pavilion of the Green Zone of the COP27 Conference for the public and the Historic Falaki Theater in Downtown Cairo. This version was recorded by company members across 10 countries on 5 continents to be released on the first day of COP28 in Dubai, UAE
