TR2, Plymouth, Tuesday to Saturday
Curious Directive's new play, After The Rainfall, fuses science and drama, weaving together several different story strands in one performance piece.
The first period in the play points to the Suez Crisis of the 1950s, when former colony Egypt asserted its control over the key waterway.
Mid-1980s Britain was another turbulent period with mine closures while taking the timeline on to the present points to the Arab Spring and to the continued presence of ancient Egyptian artefacts in the British Museum.
The play then takes a leap forward to 2023 to meet John, who is being feted for a bestselling book about the communication of ants.
Multimedia also links the stories to underline the communication theme the play touches on.