When We Dead Awaken (We Have Never Lived)

Welcome to Resurrection Day Mountain Resort. The thawing permafrost is sending bodies down the mountainside. In 1350 more than 60% of Norway's population died of the Black Plague. They're back. Enjoy your stay.

Ibsen's final and least liked play ('When We Dead Awaken', 1899) didn't have a mountain troll, a ghost an actual ghost, or a nun with a shotgun. Whether it was missing them or not, now it does. It's also missing most of the play.

UK/Australian 'Theatrical saboteurs' (The Age) Doppelgangster performance company return to Theatre Works for more 'postmodern genius' (Timeout) and may 'god help us' (Stage Noise).

Featuring original songs, a score of dream-pop and black metal, and members of the teams responsible for divisive works 'The Anarchy (1138-53: Part One)' (Theatre Works, 2025) and 'To Die Will Be Awful' (Theatre Works, 2024).

If you're still reading this. Hi. It's about endings. As much about dystopic class and climate crisis as it is about how we imagine our own deaths, and the end of the planet. It's about hate and hope and there's no interval.

Please note: It is forbidden to die in the theatre.

"Postmodern Genius" ★★★★★

- TImeout

"If you’ve ever thought theatre is boring, or tired, or recycling old ideas — dammit, you owe it to yourself to see this." ★★★★★

- The Music

"Theatrical Saboteurs"

- The Age

"The Worst of Times"

- Heavy Mag

"Wildly Experimental and Wildly Entertaining"

- Daily Review

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