The Contingency Plan

by Steve Waters

Premiered at the Bush Theatre, London, in April 2009.

Genres: Plays, Fiction

160 pages, Paperback

First published April 16, 2009

Reviews

[James]

BBC Radio versions of these plays are available at https://archive.org/details/TheContin...

[Hassan Abdulrazzak]

An interesting play about climate change, dealing with the role of scientists and the compromises they make with the government. Clearly very well researched but it is also weighed down by the research. The characters are not particularly likeable which is a shame as greater empathy with some of them might have made the play more urgent. But what is really disappointing about it are a couple of casually racist gags which may have been considered witty in 2009 but now leave a very bitter taste in the mouth. Contrast this play with April De Angelis’ more accessible, shorter and angrier play, Extinct (2021), which takes an international look at climate change and the deficiencies of The Contingency Plan become very apparent.

[Nomad nimrod]

Boring.

[samodivachka]

2.5 ⭐️
Despite the crude and in-the-face language, it gets a message across... a message that we kind of been knew, yk.

[Jona]

two plays that come together perfectly. I really liked the parallels, but it was hard to follow sometimes.

[Steven]

Not especially interesting play about climate change and family drama

[Quinn Hannibal]

Great topical piece on family and global warming! Would have loved to see this onstage (with the miniatures of London flooding) would have been quite the spectacle!

[William]

Perhaps teachable.

[Kimberly]

Fairly dull really. Too much unexplained family drama, with not enough focus on what was actually important.