Climate Change and Other Small Talk / In The Dumps
Story
Climate Change and Other Small Talk
Created by Sunny Drake and produced in association with Why Not Theatre and 9 companies around the world
Feeling overwhelmed by the looming threat of climate change? We’ve got you! Sunny Drake's Climate Change and Other Small Talk is a theatrical podcast that is here to hold your hand through the scary stuff and entertain you at the same time.
Made by 9 creative teams around the world, these podcast episodes have got it all: from the witty to the wacky, and the serious to the silly. It’s guaranteed to be fun and ignite your inner climate warrior all while offering global perspectives on the climate crisis.
There will be weird sound effects. An angry panda running a submarine. And a 500-year-old tree that… well we can’t give the rest away.
Launched on Earth Day - April 22nd, 2023, "Climate Change"...is available at ClimateChangeAndOtherSmallTalk.com or wherever you get your podcasts.Learning about how to survive the apocalypse has never been so fun.
ZUPPA produced Episode 9, In The Dumps by Shauntay Grant. It is the final episode in the series and will be released on Wednesday June 14th, 2023.
In The Dumps by Shauntay Grant, produced in Kjipuktuk/Halifax by Zuppa - 13 minutes
In the wake of the Africville apology, a father enlists his eleven-year-old son in an act of illegal dumping to challenge decades of environmental racism in their rural Black Nova Scotian community. Their banter moves between playful and serious as they discuss ways of bringing about meaningful change.
Content advisory:
- In The Dumps contains mild profanity.
It is important, as we encounter the climate crisis, that we don’t repeat injustices. Instead, we must equip systematically marginalised communities against the effects of environmental racism exacerbated by climate change.
- Excerpts from the Nova Scotia Department of Environment and Climate Change report “Weathering What’s Ahead: Climate Change Risk and Nova Scotia’s Well-being”. December 2022.
Some [Nova Scotians] will be impacted by climate change more than others.
African Nova Scotians have faced centuries of racism. This has created inequities in access to health, education, and social services.
These inequities interact and shape where people live and their social and economic circumstances. This can increase their exposure and vulnerability to climate hazards.
Some African Nova Scotian communities are located close to environmental pollutants. Others still struggle with substandard infrastructure, such as roads and drinking water, that are not up to the challenges of tomorrow’s climate conditions.
Company
Climate Change and Other Small Talk
Created by Sunny Drake and produced in association with Why Not Theatre and 9 companies around the world
In The Dumps
Written by Shauntay Grant
Directed by Mike Payette
Sound design, music and audio mixing by Jackson Fairfax-Perry
Starring:
Jacob Sampson as Dad
Ny Langdon as Nate
with
Liliona Quarmyne as Mom
Ben Stone as the Security Guard
Dramaturgy by Jacob Sampson and Myekah Payne
Recording engineers: Ben Creelman and Luke Batiot at Village Sound and Jackson Fairfax-Perry
Episode Produced by ZUPPA with support from Sunny Drake Productions
Episode Producer & Production Manager Ben Stone
Jacob Sampson and Ben Stone are members of ACTRA Maritimes and were engaged under Music Code 2011
Mike Payette is a member of The Canadian Actors’ Equity Association and was engaged under the D.O.T. Agreement
In the Dumps was produced in Kjipuktuk (Halifax), Mi’kma’ki (Nova Scotia), the territory of the Mi’kmaq.
Climate Change and Other Small Talk is funded by the Canada Council for the Arts, Toronto Arts Council and Ontario Arts Council, with additional support for this episode by Arts Nova Scotia, and Halifax Culture and Events.
Zuppa is funded by The Canada Council for the Arts, Arts Nova Scotia and Halifax Culture and Events
Schedule
Climate Change and Other Small Talk -
Episode 9, In The Dumps by Shauntay Grant. It is the final episode in the series and will be released on Wednesday June 14th, 2023.
Photos
