A full-length play (in production) by The Finn-Brit Players:
https://nonametheatre.fi/the-last-of-the-wild-bees/
Play blurb:
The year is 2037. This is the future, but not too distant future, and the world has changed, but not that much. If you walk into a supermarket, you’d probably recognize most of the products there. One thing will definitely catch your eye – the desolated fruit and veg section. If you think that finding a ripe melon, or a tomato that tastes of anything is a challenge now, that will be a mission impossible in 2037. Forget about posting an Instagram picture of your hamburger, people are posting strawberries at that time, if they can find such a treasure, of course.
One of the main reasons for this shortage is the extinction of a lot of natural pollinators, and in particular of all species of wild bees. This is the context in which we meet The Wild Bees of Ettlingen, often addressed just as The Bees. This is a small volunteer organization dedicated to taking care of the forests and meadows which have lost their most impactful pollinators.
We focus on four of the most pivotal members of The Bees as they prepare for one of their regular “flights”. Even though they have plenty of flights behind their… wings, this one is not going that well. In fact, it’s gearing up to be a monumental disaster, as multiple conflicts, rivalries, and personal problems threaten the future of these guardians of the memory of lost species. Will The Bees survive these troubles, or will they ultimately join the actual wild bees in oblivion?
Image by Simon Berger.
written & directed by Vladislav Nenchev
Cast:
Juna – Anastasia Diatlova
Emil – Josef Konderla
Felix – Branislav Dakovic
Leni – Evelina Califano