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Writer: Naomi Foyle<\/span> | Director: Peter Hinton-Davis OC<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\r\n

An award-winning, creatively accessible adaptation of Naomi Foyle’s <\/span>critically acclaimed eco-science fantasy quartet The Gaia Chronicles, <\/em><\/span>ASTRA<\/strong> is an epic theatrical work that sets our future on a burning planet centre stage \u2013 <\/span>urging audiences to believe that, together, humanity can rise to the existential challenge of our times.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\r\n
The project has now entered an exciting new stage. Returning to her roots in Canadian theatre, Naomi Foyle has joined forces with celebrated director Peter Hinton-Davis OC, with whom she first worked on the Dora Award-winning HUSH (Toronto, 1990). Together with Hassan Mahamdallie (Dramaturg, UK) and Isobel Hawson (Independent Theatre Consultant, UK), Naomi and Peter aim to find producing partners for a large-scale production of ASTRA. In Summer 2023, Naomi Foyle was awarded a Canada Council for the Arts travel grant to visit Peter Hinton-Davis and meet his theatre colleagues in Ontario. Encouraged by this trip, Naomi has now written a first draft of ASTRA ORDOTT, the first play in a projected trilogy based on the books.<\/span><\/h6>\r\n
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