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The Beautiful Future is Coming

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1854. New York. Eunice sits in what will become Central Park and wonders if something is going horribly wrong. 2027. London. Clare falls in love as the streets begin to flood. 2100. Svalbard. Ana h...
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  • 17 February 2026
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1854. New York. Eunice sits in what will become Central Park and wonders if something is going horribly wrong.
2027. London. Clare falls in love as the streets begin to flood.
2100. Svalbard. Ana hears a baby crying in the seed vault.

The world is ending, sure. But what happens in between?

Flora Wilson Brown's The Beautiful Future is Coming is a fresh, fast-paced, and funny play covering 250 years of climate crisis—a powerful story about holding onto hope and humanity against all odds.

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Price: $24.95
Pages: 104
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Imprint: Nick Hern Books
Publication Date: 17 February 2026
Trim Size: 7.75 X 5.00 in
ISBN: 9781839044397
Format: Paperback
BISACs: DRAMA / Subjects & Themes / Environment, DRAMA / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, DRAMA / Contemporary
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A fresh and often very funny look at the impacts of climate change.
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At once expansive and intimate…knowing and naturalistic…delicately balances hope and despair.
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Flora Wilson Brown is a writer and dramaturg based in London. She is the co-founder, alongside Harry Tennison, of new writing theatre company DONOTALIGHT. Her plays include: The Beautiful Future is Coming (Jermyn Street Theatre, London, 2024 and 2025); I Know I Know I Know (Southwark Playhouse, London, 2022); and Viking (Edinburgh Fringe, 2019). As a dramaturg, she has worked on projects at the Edinburgh Fringe, the RSC, and the Orange Tree Theatre.