TERRA FIRMA is set in a not-so-distant Beckettian future–years after a conflict known as the Big War, in which a tiny kingdom wrestles with the problems of running a nation–and opposing notions of what makes a citizen, a country, and a civilization. The play is inspired by a real-life event and its aftermath: In 1960’s Britain, a retired WWII army major claimed an abandoned aircraft platform in international waters off the coast of Essex as his own sovereign nation, planted his flag, and coined a motto, E Mare Libertas! (From the Sea, Freedom!). TERRA FIRMA was originally a commission for the Royal Court Theatre, the premiere venue for new writing in the UK.

CAST
Mark Bedard
John Keating
Daniel José Molina
Andrus Nichols
Tom O’Keefe
Gerardo Rodriguez
T. Ryder Smith

CREATIVE TEAM
Playwright: Barbara Hammond
Director: Shana Cooper
Assistant Director: James Dean Palmer
Set Design: Andrew Boyce
Sound Design: Jane Shaw
Lighting Design: Eric Southern
Costume Design: Ntokozo Fuzunina Kunene