Concept For A Film

Second Body are an internationally award-winning theatre company based in the UK and the Netherlands. Their debut show Styx received no fewer than twelve ★★★★★ reviews, won an award in Australia and was shortlisted for the prestigious Total Theatre Award in the UK. Their as-yet-unreleased album Terra was a prize-winner at the 2022 Affa awards.

This NZ Fringe brings two of their world-touring shows to Aotearoa for the first time.

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*Concept for a film*

Extreme close up of a mushroom, glowing softly against the forest floor.

Pan down to reveal a tangled underground web.

Zoom out to reveal everything.

Max went for a run during a world-stopping pandemic, and had an idea for a world-changing feature film. Now he and his friend Jethro are going to try to pitch it to you. It’s quite complicated.

This new experimental theatre/music piece about interconnectedness, human race extinction, and fungi premiered at Edinburgh Fringe in 2022 to great critical acclaim. ★★★★★ “So… this was basically made for me. " Three Weeks
★★★★ “One of the marvels of the Fringe’s breaking of moulds” - The Reviews Hub
★★★★ "I left with a great sense that we should spend less time here concentrating on doing, and more time feeling.” - Everything Theatre