Before We Slip North Island Tour

Before We Slip Beneath the Sea
An Immersive theatrical experience, brought to you by Red Scare Theatre Company.

After a hugely successful and sold out production in Pōneke in 2024, Red Scare Theatre Company is bringing this award-winning script about community in the face of climate change to new audiences around the North Island in 2025.

On a small island off Wellington’s north coast, the local community have gathered for the last time in the wake of an impending evacuation due to rising sea levels. When one community member decides to take a stand against the evacuation, the community is divided, long-buried tensions come to the fore, and everyone must decide how to cope with change, loss and forces far greater than themselves.

“A hauntingly beautiful portrayal of human relationships. It’s a fantastic immersive experience that plunges you into the sea of its drama, and you don’t even really want to come up for air.” 
Elliot Lam, Wellyott

“Red Scare’s Before We Slip Beneath the Sea has proven to be an absorbing and salutary experience.”
John Smythe, Theatreview

Winner of Best Play by a Woman Playwright and overall Runner-Up at the 2024 Adam NZ Play Awards.