Acclaimed pianist and composer Sarah Nicolls' new Inside-Out Piano project 12 Years was inspired by the 2018 IPCC Special Report that said we had just 12 years to radically change our behaviour to save the planet.
With her striking vertical grand piano, Nicolls combines original music and recorded speech in a compelling performance. Piano melodies and textures interweave with phone calls between three fictional characters challenging each other to either worry less or do more. We hear from environmental experts, survivors escaping from a wildfire and a glacier melting, eloquent speeches from Greta Thunberg and finally the sound of hope emerging.
Sarah and leading climate scientists/activists local to each venue invite audiences to share thoughts and possible actions in a post show chat.
See list of speakers below.
“This should be prescribed viewing/watching/listening for anyone even remotely concerned with the welfare of our planet.” Ciaran Ryan, Galway Jazz Festival
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12 Years speakers:
GATESHEAD - Prof Hayley J Fowler / Newcastle University
BRADFORD – Paul Rodgers / Bradford University
LONDON – Anna Hughes / Flightfree2020
READING – Prof. Ed Hawkins / Show Your Stripes
EXETER –Prof. Richard Betts MBE / MET Office
BRISTOL – Richard D Pancost and Jo House / Cabot Institute
BURY ST EDMUNDS – Rupert Read / Extinction Rebellion
HARWICH – Dean Bell / UK’s first UN-accredited climate change teacher
MANCHESTER – Prof. Julia Steinberger / University of Leeds
CARDIFF – Dr. Liz Bagshaw / Cardiff School of Earth and Sciences
Artwork: Kate Dressekie