Writer: Naomi Foyle | Director: Peter Hinton-Davis OC
An award-winning & creatively accessible adaptation of the
critically acclaimed eco-science fantasy quartet The Gaia Chronicles,
ASTRA is an epic theatrical work that sets our future on a burning planet centre stage –
urging audiences to believe that, together, humanity can rise to the existential challenge of our times.
Naomi Foyle’s stage adaptation of her novels premiered in 2022 an Arts Council England funded work-in-progress, a stunning multimedia theatre production directed by Raven Kaliana. Featuring creative access, a diverse cast, and themes of climate crisis, decolonialism & child sex abuse, ASTRA won the 2022 Brighton Fringe ONCA Green Curtain Award for work that engages artists and audiences with social and environmental challenges.
The project has now entered an exciting new stage. Returning to her roots in Canadian theatre, Naomi Foyle has joined forces with celebrated director Peter Hinton-Davis OC, with whom she first worked on the Dora Award-winning HUSH (Toronto, 1990). Together with Hassan Mahamdallie (Dramaturg, UK) and Isobel Hawson (Independent Theatre Consultant, UK), Naomi and Peter aim to find producing partners for a large-scale production of ASTRA. In Summer 2023, Naomi Foyle was awarded a Canada Council for the Arts travel grant to visit Peter Hinton-Davis and meet his theatre colleagues in Ontario. Encouraged by this trip, the team is now seeking funding for Naomi to write a first draft of the script.
‘ … Singular, inspiring, unforgettable … groundbreaking work … ’ FringeReview.co.uk
Photo by Diensen Pamben (@photo_diensen) of ASTRA 2022 depicts Sumayya Si-Tayeb (Goddess Istar/BSL Interpreter) and shadow puppets by Raven Kaliana.
