Before the year is over, let's vote?

The next session of Read Theatre with Science isn’t until next year, but first we need your help to choose the play (follow this link to vote).

 

The selected text will then be transposed into a Portuguese version by the Collaborative Translation Project team (which you can also join) and finally read together at Marionet’s headquarters at 6pm on 24 January.

 

Below there’s a short text about of each play to help you make your decision.

 

Secret Order, by Bob Clyman

«Taut, twist-filled and appealingly cynical drama… Not since “Copenhagen” has a playwright so dramatically portrayed the culture of high-stakes science… for all its theatrical bravado, “Secret Order” doesn’t give short shrift of the play but also helps establish the credibility of his dramatic world.» (New York Times)

 

Evolution, by Jonathan Marc Sherman

As Henry struggles to inject life into his thesis on Charles Darwin, a simple question becomes most perplexing: What do you want? Using elements of Brechtian Epic Theatre infused with razor-sharp social commentary, “Evolution” follows Henry on a journey to Los Angeles with his girlfriend, Hope. When his uncanny pop-culture illiteracy becomes the fuel for an unexpected career in the entertainment industry, Henry must choose between the celebrity-culture success or academic obscurity, between embracing ambition and losing Hope.

 

Blinded by the Sun, Stephen Poliakoff

When the retiring professor in a Chemistry department of a northern university chooses Al, a mediocre scientist but a brilliant administrator, to succeed him as head of the department, he sets in motion a chain of events that will test the department’s endurance to the limits. Al begins reorganizing the department, but soon finds that Christopher, his peer and rival, and Elinor, his one-time teacher whom he worships, are unwilling to change the mysterious, isolated way in which they work. Then Christopher announces a major breakthrough, which should assure a prosperous future for all – but which ultimately has disastrous results.

 

Photograph 51, by Anna Ziegler

A funny and moving portrait of the unrequited life of Rosalind Franklin, one of the great female scientists of the twentieth century, and her fervid drive to map the contours of the DNA molecule. A chorus of physicists relives the chase, revealing the unsung achievements of this trail-blazing, fiercely independent woman. A play about ambition, isolation and the race for greatness.