Imagine being at school and suddenly hearing guns being fired and people screaming and running
for their lives. In Impact Theatre's and
now we wait., we follow five teenagers who must hide in an abandoned
theatre as they try to escape a high school shooting. Fortunately it’s not
a scenario that Australia has ever faced, however writer Stephanie Clark, hopes
that what will resonate with the audience will be on a wider scale.
"The event that
underpins and now we wait. happens all over the world in various forms
every day. It is not always gun-violence. It is not always in schools. But it
is always prevalent. Australia isn’t immune from that, and that is why I wanted
to write this", she explains. "The Lindt Café Sydney siege is so
exemplary of this. And then there is the far too common occurrence of family
violence, sexual violence and violence against women."
