Can I Live? (Audio Described)

A Complicité production

in association with the Barbican, London supported by Oxford Playhouse and Doc Society

Conceived, written and performed by Fehinti Balogun

Audio Description by VocalEyes

Running Time: 60 mins | Suitable for ages 12+

Why don't we talk about it? Fehinti Balogun asks this urgent question and offers an invitation in Can I Live?, a vital new digital performance about the climate catastrophe, sharing his personal journey into the biggest challenge of our times. Weaving his story with spoken word, rap, theatre, animation and the scientific facts, Fehinti charts a course through the fundamental issues underpinning the emergency, identifying the intimate relationship between the environmental crisis & the global struggle for social justice, and sharing how, as a young Black British man, he has found his place in the climate movement.

In the face of a sense of helplessness about the climate catastrophe, Can I Live? is an outstretched hand, inviting audiences to recognise they are not alone - and that through understanding the issues and connecting with the many powerful activists around the globe driving change, we can find a sense of hope for the future.

A Complicité production in association with the Barbican, London, supported by Doc Society and Oxford Playhouse. Supported by Arts Council England and Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

Content information: contains some flashing images, some strong language, explores themes of racism, classism and describes some violence.

Credits

Director Daniel Bailey

Co-Director Simon McBurney

Writer Fehinti Balogun

Dramaturg Kirsty Housley

Producer Tim Bell

Director of Photography Stewart Kyasimire for Create Anything

Editor Ash J Woodward

Scenography and Costume Design Rajha Shakiry

Music Director and Composer Khalil Madovi

Sound Design Mike Winship

Lighting Design Azusa Ono

Movement Director Dickson Mbi

Projection, Animation and Visual Effects Design Ash J Woodward

Cast

Featuring Fehinti Balogun

Bunmi Adedeji as Mum

Khalil Madovi as Kwami

Kwami Odoom as Deji

Ellen Thomas as Grandma

with Terell Farrell, Dickson Mbi and Chloe Rianna

and Activists

Samia Alexandra

Nick Anim

Helen Brewer

Joshua Virasami

Sara Callaway

Lyrics Fehinti Balogun

Music Fehinti Balogun, Khalil Madovi, Chloe Rianna and Josh Sneesby