Is My Microphone On?

by Jordan Tannahill

Young people cannot avoid the consequences of climate change. In this urgent and lyrical play, they reckon with the generations who have come before them. They hold the audience to account for the broken world they have inherited, questioning the choices that have been made, and the ones that they will yet be forced to make. Is My Microphone On? is both a declaration of war and a declaration of love, a play in the form of a protest song, in which a chorus of young performers offer us an invitation to experience the world together anew.

Genres: Plays

96 pages, Paperback

Published April 4, 2023

About the author

Jordan Tannahill is a Canadian novelist and playwright based in London.

His debut novel, Liminal, won France's 2021 Prix des Jeunes Libraires. His second novel, The Listeners, was a Canadian bestseller, and was shortlisted for the 2021 Giller Prize.

Tannahill is the author of several plays, and the book of essays, Theatre of the Unimpressed.

In 2019, CBC Arts named Tannahill as one of sixty-nine LGBTQ Canadians, living or deceased, who has shaped the country's history.

Reviews

[Edward Bromberg · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful, poetic and challenging play meant to be performed by young actors for an adult audience. It expresses the anxiety and frustration young people feel when their futures are threatened by climate change. Hard messages conveyed with love. I translated to Swedish and its being performed by young companies in about 15 cities in Sweden this spring (2023) in a project organised by The Swedish National Touring Theatre. It is also being performed in the UK right now as part of National Theatre Connections.