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Inundated (an immersive drama)

Date & time
28 October 2025 | 17.30-19.30

Event format

Attend event in person

Event type

Performance

Event topic

Our working lives

Audience

Adults

Academic discipline

Economics management and business studies

Venue

Revolucion de Cuba, 11 Peter Street, Manchester M2 5QR

What's on offer?

This acclaimed, interactive performance grapples with themes of climate resilience and collective responsibility.

What's it about?

Inundated is a darkly comic drama about facing the flood together. Set in the function room of a pub, the show takes the form of a fictional business network meeting. You, the audience, are invited to play the role of network members, and to join in the discussion. But today's guest has a strange story to tell and an unusual proposal to pitch... so how will you choose to respond?

Inundated is a fiction that tries to be real about the uncertain times that we live in. It tells the stories of real people, invites real conversation and offers a real chance to network. With warmth and humour, the show explores the concept of resilience, and asks how we can bounce forward from setbacks.

Reviews:

"Proper good fun" - Darren, insurance underwriter

"I laughed a lot. I cried a bit too" - Amanda, river trust manager

This performance has been acclaimed as a "bright spot" by the international sustainability organisation: Forum for the Future: "By bringing participants into the story of one community taking natural flood mitigation action to protect their homes and livelihoods, the experience builds their understanding of the economic, social, environmental and personal incentives needed to unlock action on resilience."

Performed by Steve Scott-Bottoms and Milo Harries

Directed by Si Brewis

Script by Steve Scott-Bottoms, based on interview research by Milo Harries

Consultants: Jonathan Moxon, Angel Scott-Bottoms

Produced by Vesper Hill

This performance was developed as part of a collaboration between University of Manchester researchers and Leeds City Council, facilitated by funding from University of Manchester's Impact Acceleration Account (AHRC, ESRC, EPSRC).

Who's leading the event?

Stephen Scott-Bottoms, Professor of Contemporary Theatre, University of Manchester

Milo Harries, Potdoctoral Researcher, University of Manchester

Open to

Anyone aged 16 or over.

Of particular interest to

People with an interest in adapting their working lives to climate change, who may feel at present that they are lacking a community or stuck for a place to start.

Scheduling information

Bar opens 5.30pm. Performance starts 6pm. Event concludes by 7.30pm.

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